Performing the slenderness check

Values for display

When performing the slenderness check, the user may evaluate the following values:

Ly

System length for buckling around y axis

ky

Buckling ratio (used during code check) for buckling around y axis

ly

Buckling length for buckling around y axis

ly = Ly * ky

Lam y

Slenderness around y axis

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Iy : buckling length for buckling around y axis

iy : radius of gyration around z axis

Lz

System length for buckling around z axis

kz

Buckling ratio (used during code check) for buckling around z axis

lz

Buckling length for buckling around z axis

lz = Lz * kz

Lam z

Slenderness around z axis

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Iz : buckling length for buckling around z axis

iz : radius of gyration around z axis

l LTB

The lateral-torsional buckling length

l LTB = kLTB * L LTB

Second order buckling ratio

Second order buckling ratio of the slenderness check can be obtained by means of:

The procedure

The procedure for performing the slenderness check
  1. Open service Steel:

    1. either using tree menu function Steel,

    2. or using menu function Tree > Steel.

  2. Select function Slenderness.

  3. In the Property window select the values that should be displayed and adjust the other parameters as required.

  4. The diagrams are displayed on the screen.

Note: More information about displaying of results can be found in chapter Results > Displaying the internal forces in the Reference manual for Nemetschek SCIA.

 

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