Maged kamel - "Engineering Oasis"

7- Solved problem 7-1 for alignment chart for columns.

January 11, 2026January 2, 2020 by Maged kamel

Brief data for post 7 compression-Solved problem 7.1 for K value for unbraced frame.

Solved problem 7-1 for alignment chart for columns, it is a practical example to show how to use the alignment chart to get the K value for a frame.

List of Steel beams Posts-part-1.

June 14, 2025January 1, 2020 by Maged kamel

List of Steel beams Posts-part -1 for all the different items for the structural steel beams included and solved problems.

6- Alignment charts for columns- easy approach.

July 27, 2025December 10, 2019 by Maged kamel

Introduction to alignment charts for frames.

Alignment charts for columns. There 2 alignment charts, one is for the braced columns and the other is for the un-braced columns. The assumptions are included.

5-A Solved Problem 4-9 For available compressive strength.

July 27, 2025December 7, 2019 by Maged kamel

Post 5-compression-Solved problem 4-9 for available compressive strength for W12x58

A Solved Problem 4-9 For available compressive strength. How to decide the controlling axis for deflection, major or minor axis?

4-How to compute critical stress-Table 4-22 & Table 4-1?

July 27, 2025November 1, 2019 by Maged kamel

Brief data for Post 4-compression-What is table 4-1?What is Table 4-22?

Compute Critical Stress-Table 4-22 & Table 4-1 for the available strength of W14x74.

3a-Solved problem 4-2-how to find design compressive strength?

July 27, 2025October 15, 2019 by Maged kamel

Brief illustration for the content Post 3a-compression.

Solved problem 4-2 for estimating the design compressive strength for the W section under compression load. An Introduction to ratio λ^2 is illustrated.

3- Column compressive strength by the general equation

July 27, 2025October 9, 2019 by Maged kamel

Column compressive strength for general buckling and how to differentiate between long columns and short columns?

2- Easy introduction to Bisection method for roots findings.

January 17, 2026August 20, 2019 by Maged kamel

Brief illustration for -Post 2-bisection method

The bisection method can be done by taking the average value of the horizontal distance between points of brackets, and then substitute it in the function.