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["David Topete" <dtopete(--nospam--at)gfdseng.com>]

Design of built-up columns is per sec. 15.3 of 2001 NDS.  The Kf factor is applied to the Cp factor.  See eqn 15.3-1.

 

David A. Topete, SE

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From: Christopher Banbury [mailto:cbanbury(--nospam--at)arkengineering.net]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 8:35 AM
To: seaint(--nospam--at)seaint.org
Subject: 2001 NDS column stability coefficient Kf

 

I am looking at the 2001 NDS. I no longer see the procedure for applying the column stability coefficient Kf to the column stability factor Cp for nailed built-up columns. The variable still appears in the definitions (section 1.6), however I am unable to locate the directions for its use that appeared in an earlier edition of the NDS.

 

Christopher Banbury, PE

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