Abstract: This paper is concerned with the application of the direct strength method to equal angle section beam-columns with locally unstable legs. In contrast to existing design methods, which independently determine the compression ...

Abstract: The paper addresses the design of angle section columns whose legs are slender and thus subject to local buckling in their ultimate limit state. For such slender angle sections, the local buckling mode is identical to the ...

Abstract: This paper describes the experimental investigation of cold-formed, thin-walled stainless steel sections subject to distortional buckling under compression. Austenitic 304, ferritic 430 stainless steel, and ferritic-like ...