STEEL STRUCTURES BY LIMIT STATE METHOD
5.1 DESIGN OF TENSION AND COMPRESSION MEMBERS BY L.S.M
GENERAL – CHARACTERISTIC ACTIONS , PARTIAL SAFETY FACTORS FOR
LOADS , DESIGN ACTIONS – ULTIMATE STRENGTH , PARTIAL SAFETY
FACTORS FOR MATERIALS , DESIGN STRENGTHS OF MATERIALS –
ROLLED STEEL SECTIONS – DIFFERENT FORMS OF TENSION MEMBERS
– GROSS AREA , NET AREA AND NET EFFECTIVE SECTIONAL AREA OF
TENSION MEMBERS – MAXIMUM PERMITTED VALUES OF EFFECTIVE
SLENDERNESS RATIO – DESIGN STRENGTH OF TENSION MEMBERS
AGAINST YIELDING OF GROSS SECTION , RUPTURE OF CRITICAL
SECTION AND BLOCK SHEAR – DESIGN STRENGTH OF GIVEN PLATES /
ANGLES CONNECTED TO GUSSETS BY BOLTS / WELDS – DESIGN
OF TIES USING SINGLE / DOUBLE ANGLES , T – SECTIONS AND
CHANNELS . DIFFERENT FORMS OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS –
CLASSIFICATION OF CROSS SECTIONS – LIMITING WIDTH TO
THICKNESS RATIO – EFFECTIVE SECTIONAL AREA – END CONDITIONS
AND EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS – MAXIMUM
PERMITTED VALUES OF SLENDERNESS RATIO – IMPERFECTION
FACTOR AND STRESS REDUCTION FACTOR – DESIGN STRENGTH OF
COMPRESSION MEMBERS – PROBLEMS – – DESIGN OF SINGLE
ANGLE AND DOUBLE ANGLE STRUTS –