A \( 12.5 \mathrm{~m} \) tall aluminium column with a hollow cross section is fixed at the base and is braced at its upper edge by cables, in a manner similar to a telegraph pole. The cables prevent movement along the \( x-x \) axis. The outer dimensions of the column are given in Figure 2 and the wall thickness \( 6 \mathrm{~mm} \). The Yield Strength of the material is \( 280 \mathrm{MPa} \) and Young's Modulus is \( 90 \mathrm{GPa} \). The column requires a factor of safety for buckling of 2 . Figure 2 Calculate the second moment of area for bending about \( x-x \) and \( y-y \) and therefore determine the critical Euler buckling loads for both cases, showing all your working: (i) in \( x-x \) (ii) in \( y-y \) Determine the maximum allowable buckling load and the axis about which it will buckle. Calculate the radius of gyration and slenderness ratio for both directions and compare with the calculated critical slenderness ratio. Discuss the significance of your result. Using Rankine-Gordon, re-calculate the critical buckling load for the direction which is NOT suitable for Euler buckling and compare with your answer from part (a). Explain the difference. Second woment of Area, I: Rectangular cross-section: \( \quad I=\frac{b h^{3}}{12} \) Solid circular cross-section: \( \quad I=\frac{\pi D^{4}}{64} \) Circular hollow cross-section: \( \quad I=\frac{\pi\left(d_{o}{ }^{4}-d_{i}{ }^{4}\right)}{64} \) \( \mathrm{I}=\mathrm{Ak}^{2} \quad \) (where \( \mathrm{k} \) is radius of gyration, \( \mathrm{A} \) is cross-sectional area) Column buckling with different end conditions: Euler buckling: \( P_{C R}=\frac{n E I \pi^{2}}{L^{2}} \) \( P_{C R}= \) Critical Euler buckling load \( \mathrm{E}= \) Young's modulus \( \sigma_{y}= \) yield stress \( \sigma_{E}=\frac{n \pi^{2} E}{\lambda^{2}} \) \( \lambda= \) slenderness ratio \( =L / K \) \( \sigma_{E}= \) Euler buckling stress
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Kritika M.
Sir, I didn't understand how we can know if K will be 2 on the x-axis or if K will be 0.7 on the y-axis. Now it says to prevent movement on the x-axis, so we should consider it fixed. Can you please explain this? I got confused about this.
Madhur L.
The main cables of a suspension bridge (see figure part a) follow a curve that is nearly parabolic because the primary load on the cables is the weight of the bridge deck, which is uniform in intensity along the horizontal. Therefore, let us represent the central region $A O B$ of one of the main cables (see part b of the figure) as a parabolic cable supported at points $A$ and $B$ and carrying a uniform load of intensity $q$ along the horizontal. The span of the cable is $L,$ the sag is $h,$ the axial rigidity is $E A,$ and the origin of coordinates is at midspan. (a) Derive the following formula for the elongation of cable $A O B$ shown in part b of the figure: $$\delta=\frac{q L^{3}}{8 h E A}\left(1+\frac{16 h^{2}}{3 L^{2}}\right)$$ (b) Calculate the elongation $\delta$ of the central span of one of the main cables of the Golden Gate Bridge, for which the dimensions and properties are $L=1300 \mathrm{m}$ \[h=140 \mathrm{m}, q=185 \mathrm{kN} / \mathrm{m}, \text { and } E=200 \mathrm{GPa} . \text { The cable }\] consists of 27,572 parallel wires of diameter $5 \mathrm{mm}$ Hint: Determine the tensile force $T$ at any point in the cable from a free-body diagram of part of the cable; then determine the elongation of an element of the cable of length $d s$; finally, integrate along the curve of the cable to obtain an equation for the elongation $\delta$
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