NAME: EDMUND NG YUNG KONG

(30040)

Assignment 4
Solution:
Determine the maximum axial medium-term load that the column can support.
At x-x axis:
Effective length, Lex= 1.0 3600mm
= 3600mm
At y-y axis:
Effective length, Ley= 1.0 1800mm
= 1800mm

Size of column (min) = 72145mm

Slenderness ratio:
y = Ley/b
= 1800/72 = 25
x = Lex/d
= 3600/145= 24.83
Use the critical slenderness of y = 25

From MS544 Part 2, Cl.9 Table 5, duration of loading, K1 = 1.25

From MS544 Part 2, Cl.10, non load-sharing system, K2 = 1.0
From MS544 Part 2, Cl.11.5, form factor, K5 = 1.0
From MS544 Part 2, Cl.11.6, depth factor, K6 = 1.0

From table 4: Timber with SG2 (wet), grade (Select)

Bending parallel to grain= 20.7/mm2
Tension parallel to grain =12.4N/mm2
Compression parallel to grain =18.8N/mm2
Shear parallel to grain = 2.24N/mm2
Compression perpendicular to grain (wane/shrink) =2.97N/mm2
Modulus of elasticity for all grades (minimum value) = 11700N/mm

E/(sigma c,//) = Emin/(c,g,// K1)

= 11700/(18.81.25)
= 497.87
Use y = 25
Emin/c,g,// = 497.87
From MS544, Part2, Table 10;
Modification factor for compression members, K8 = 0.207
For Le/b =23.1

For Le/b =26

400 = 0.330

400 = 0.271

497.87 = x1

497.87 = x2

500 = 0.385

500 = 0.320

By interpolation,

=
x1 = 0.384

=
x2 = 0.319

For Emin/c,g,// = 497.87

23.1 = 0.384
25

= x3

26

= 0.319
=

x3 = 0.341
K8 = 0.341
Axial compression stress check:
c,a// m,adm,//
c,a// = P/A = P/(72145)
= P/ 10440
c,adm,// = c,g,//K1K2K8
= 18.81.2510.341
= 8.0135 N/mm2
P/10440 8.0135
P 83.66 kN
The column can support maximum axial medium-term load of 83.66kN.