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Select the lightest HP16 column with an effective length of 15 feet that can support a dead load of 310 kips and a live load of 930 kips. Assume Fy = 50 ksi. Use ASD.

Determine the Euler bucking load for a HSS8 x 6 x 5/8 structural steel column that is 12 ft long.

Select the lightest HP16 column with an effective length of 15 feet that can support a dead load of 300 kips and a live load of 900 kips. Assume Fy = 50 ksi. Use ASD.

A W14 x 90 column is made from ASTM A572 Gr. 60 steel and has a length of 17 ft. The column is only supported at its ends. One end is fixed and the other is pinned. Determine the elastic buckling stress, Fe, for this column.

A W16 x 50 column is made from ASTM A36 steel and has a length of 18 ft. The column is only supported at its ends. Both ends are fixed. Determine the design strength, φcPn, for this column. Assume the shape is nonslender.

Determine the effective length of the following column where L = 12 ft. One end is fixed. The other end is fixed against rotation but free to translate.

A W16 x 50 column is made from ASTM A572 Gr. 60 steel and has a length of 18 ft. One end is fixed. The other end is fixed against rotation but free to translate. Determine the effective slenderness ratio.

The critical buckling load is sometimes called the _______ load.

Using the column load tables, select the lightest W14-shape with an effective length of 15 ft that will support an LRFD design load of 650 kips.

The ratio of the length divided by the radius of gyration (L/r) is known as the _______ ratio.