¶ Slenderness Ratio
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The Greek architects found experientially That when a stone column’s hheight Exceeds eighteen diameters of its girth It tends to fail by buckling. The length to diameter ratio Of compressional columns Is called its slenderness ratio. Steel columns are more stable Than stone columns. Steel columns are structurally usable With slenderness ratios as high as thirty-to-one. But such columns are called long columns. A short column is one whose slenderness ratio Is far below that of the Greek column. Short columns tend to fail by crushing Rather than by buckling. A twelve-to-one slenderness ratio Provides a short column.
¶ Citations
- RBFALN & MiLu, p.127, May’72
