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.
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.
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.