Classic Buckling of Three-Dimensional Multicolumn Systems under Gravity Loads
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 128, Issue 6
Abstract
The elastic stability of three-dimensional (3D) multicolumn systems under gravity loads is analyzed in a condensed manner using the classical Timoshenko stability functions. The characteristic equations corresponding to multicolumn systems with sidesway uninhibited, partially inhibited, and totally inhibited are derived. Using the transcendental equations of the proposed method, the effective length K factor for each column and the total critical axial load of an entire story can be determined directly. The proposed method is applicable to 3D framed structures with rigid, semirigid, and simple connections. It is shown that the elastic stability of framed structures depends on: (1) the axial load pattern on the columns; (2) the variation in size and height among the columns; (3) the plan layout of the columns; (4) the overall floor-torsional sway caused by any asymmetries in the loading pattern, column layout, and column sizes and heights (all of which reduce the flexural-buckling capacity of multicolumn systems); (5) the end restraints of the columns; and (6) the bracings along the two horizontal and rotational directions of the floor plane. The proposed method solves the classical bifurcation stability of 3D frames directly without complex matrix solutions, however, it is limited to frames made up of columns of doubly symmetrical cross section with their principal axes parallel to the global axes. Examples are presented that show the effectiveness of the proposed method and the results compared with those obtained by complex matrix methods.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 128 • Issue 6 • June 2002
Pages: 613 - 624
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Dec 28, 2000
Accepted: Oct 31, 2001
Published online: May 15, 2002
Published in print: Jun 2002
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