May 2012
Intermediate to advanced
485 pages
10h 45m
English
It has been shown that Euler’s formula is valid for long column having l/k ratio greater than a certain value for a particular material. Euler’s formula does not give a reliable result for short column and length of column intermediate between very long to short.
An empirical formula has been proposed by Rankine for columns of all lengths. The proposed formula is
| Where | P = crippling load |
| Pc = crushing load = fc × A | |
| PE = crippling load by Euler’s formula | |
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| fc = ultimate crushing stress | |
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