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

July 27, 2025November 1, 2019 by Maged kamel

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.

March 4, 2025August 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.

1- Introduction to structural steel.

July 14, 2025August 19, 2019 by Maged kamel

This post includes an introduction to structural steel. The advantages and disadvantages of structural steel are discussed.

2a-Introduction to Buckling for columns-part 2.

May 30, 2025August 15, 2019 by Maged kamel

The post title is buckling for columns-part 2 includes solved problems for major and minor axis which govern the buckling?

2-Buckling for columns-effective length factors.

July 24, 2025August 10, 2019 by Maged kamel

The post includes definition of buckling for columns. The second point is effective length factors based on the end conditions of columns.

1a-Steel columns and Euler’s formula-part 2

June 2, 2025August 6, 2019 by Maged kamel

Derivation of Euler's formula for columns.

In the post steel columns and Euler’s formula-part 2. The discussion includes the different shapes of steel columns & how to derive Euler’s formula, and lately the modes of failures for columns.

1- Easy approach to Steel columns and Euler’s formula 1/2.

June 2, 2025August 1, 2019 by Maged kamel

Introduction to steel compression members.

Steel columns are crucial elements. Euler’s formula gives a relation between the load-carrying capacity of these columns and their slenderness ratio.

1-Introduction to the moment of inertia.

June 15, 2025July 23, 2019 by Maged kamel

This post includes an introduction to the moment of inertia and what is the difference between the second moment of area and mass moment of inertia?

1a-What is synthetic division? Numerical Analysis-part 2

March 3, 2025July 5, 2019 by Maged kamel

brief introduction for Post 1A-Numerical analysis -part 2

Numerical analysis-part 2-What is synthetic division? Solved problems for synthetic divisions are included.

1-Introduction To Numerical Analysis-part 1

October 6, 2024July 1, 2019 by Maged kamel

Brief content of post-1-numerical posts.

Introduction to numerical analysis, the difference between numerical and analytical methods, roots findings. review of the synthetic division.

3-Estimation of max and min-moment of inertia for a section.

April 22, 2025May 16, 2019 by Maged kamel

How to find the min. and max value of inertia for a section?

Estimation of max and min-Moment of inertia for a section. How to derive the The expression for max and min-moment of inertia. The equation of principal angle θp

2-First moment of area and product of inertia at the CG.

October 10, 2024April 25, 2019 by Maged kamel

In the case of pure bending- The first moment of area equals zero.

Derivation of the expression for the first moment of area at the Cg and the expression for the product of inertia at the CG.