| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Cary, Charles William
III |
| Author's Email Address |
ccary@vt.edu |
| URN |
etd-358103049751491 |
| Title |
Effective Lengths of Web-Tapered Columns in Rigid Metal Building Frames |
| Degree |
Master of Science |
| Department |
Civil Engineering |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Easterling, William Samuel |
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| Holzer, Siegfried M. |
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| Murray, Thomas M. |
Committee Chair |
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| Keywords |
- metal building
- effective length
- tapered
- column
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| Date of Defense |
1997-05-27 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
Current procedures for estimating effective length factors for web-tapered members rely heavily on the use of charts and graphs. This makes them difficult to implement using a computer. In addition, they are often based on unrealistic assumptions. In cases where these assumptions are not satisfied, design errors may result. This investigation proposes a modification to an effective length factor expression developed by Lui (1992). This modification allows the expression to be applied to web-tapered members with good accuracy. A derivation of the proposed expression is presented, and the results obtained by applying the expression to a range of frames are compared to the results obtained from
second-order finite element analyses. Calculations involved in using the expression are presented.
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