Flexural buckling of laced column with crosswise lattice

Solving the flexural buckling problem of a laced column as a statically indeterminate system is reduced to the two-point boundary value problem for a difference equation system that comprises recurrence relations between the displacements and the force parameters of column cross-sections passing through the lattice joints. The critical force for a column with any degree of static indeterminacy is determined as the smallest eigenvalue of the fourth-order system of linear algebraic equations. The recurrence relations that have been established for the torsional buckling in a preceding study by the author are extended to the case of flexural buckling of a laced column with a crosswise lattice, owing to the static-geometric analogy between the two kinds of buckling. The obtained deflection mode shapes show that the loss of stability of the laced column occurs as a result of the local buckling of column chords and disprove a concept of the sine-shaped deflection mode shape which is basic in design manuals for steel-laced columns (Engesser's assumption). Columns with a very rigid lattice can lose stability, so that joint cross-sections are not displaced, and the chord panels are buckled as isolated simply supported bars. For columns with identical chords, the critical force is a function of the number of panels and the special lattice rigidity parameter of the column. The plots of this function for a series of columns with a varied number of panels may be validly applied in designing steel-laced columns.

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• Authors:
  • RADZOLSKY, A G
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 69-76
• Serial:
  • ENGINEERING AND COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS (PROCEEDINGS OF THE ICE)
  • Volume: 161
  • Issue Number: EM2
  • ISSN: 1755-0777

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Deflection; Design; Flexure; Lattices; Lighting columns; Mathematical models; Steel; Traffic signs
• ITRD Terms: 6464: Calculation; 5586: Deflection; 9011: Design (overall design); 3463: Lattice; 527: Lighting column; 6473: Mathematical model; 4542: Steel; 553: Traffic sign
• Subject Areas: Design; Safety and Human Factors; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01109610
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 25 2008 8:48AM