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

A W16 x 50 column is made from ASTM A572 Gr. 42 steel and has a length of 21 ft. The column is only supported at its ends. Both ends are pinned. Determine the design strength, φcPn, for this column. Assume the shape is nonslender.

Slender shapes are susceptible to localized buckling.

Can a W14 x 53 column with an effective length of 17 feet support a dead load of 120 kips and a live load of 120 kips? Use LRFD.

Determine the Euler bucking load for a HSS6 x 4 x 1/4 structural steel column that is 15 ft long.

A WT7x30.5 beam made from A992 steel would be classified as _______.

In the ASD equation Pa ≤ Pn /Ωc, the symbols Pn /Ωc represent _______.

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 450 kips.

If a shape is _______, its strength limit state is local buckling.

A W16 x 50 column is made from ASTM A36 steel and has a length of 33 ft. The column is only supported at its ends. Both ends are fixed. Determine the critical stress, Fcr, for this column, which is also called nominal stress, Fn, in AISC 360-22.