(Solved): A long slender column ABC is pinned at ends A and C and compressed by an axial force P, as shown in ...

A long slender column

is pinned at ends

and

and compressed by an axial force

, as shown in Figure 4. At the midpoint

, lateral supports are provided to prevent deflection in the plane of the figure. The steel column is a

section. The distance between lateral supports is

. Calculate the allowable load

using a factor of safety of 2.5 , and taking into account the possibility of Euler buckling about either of the principal centroidal axes. Section details of

column:-

Section

Figure 4 : Axially loaded column