It uses elastic buckling results to determine the ultimate strength through the use of empirical strength curves.
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An increase in prediction confidence stems from forced compatibility between section flanges and web throughout elastic buckling analysis.
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The finite strip method using CUFSM is the most commonly used approach to determine the elastic buckling loads.
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Nonlinear elastic behavior derives from a multi-axial elastic instability of the lattice, a complex coordinated elastic buckling of the strut members.
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Elastic buckling of a " heavy " column i . e ., column buckling under its own weight, was first investigated by Greenhill at 1881.
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In general these would include : ( 1 ) determining the elastic buckling values and ( 2 ) using the DSM equations in Appendix 1 to determine nominal flexural and axial capacities, Mn and Pn.