An aluminum alloy tube with an outside diameter of 3.1 in. and a wall thickness of 0.36 in. is used as a 16-ft-long column. Assume that E = 9300 ksi and that pinned connections are used at each end of the column. Determine the slenderness ratio L/r and the Euler buckling load Per for the column. Answers: L/r= i Par = i kips

An aluminum alloy tube with an outside diameter of 3.1 in. and a wall thickness of 0.36 in. is used as a 16-ft-long column. Assume that E = 9300 ksi and that pinned connections are used at each end of the column. Determine the slenderness ratio L/r and the Euler buckling load Per for the column. Answers: L/r= i Par = i kips

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Chapter11: Columns

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Problem 11.4.7P: The upper end of a WE × 21 wide-flange steel column (E = 30 × 103ksi) is supported laterally between...

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