AISC Live Webinar Structural Stability –

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AISC Live Webinars

Structural Stability –
Letting the Fundamentals Guide Your Judgement
April 16, 2020

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Course Description
Structural Stability – Letting the Fundamentals Guide Your Judgement
April 16, 2020
One of the great things about working with structural steel is that most design provisions are based on first
principles and fairly predictable experimental test results. This is especially true when assessing structural
stability. The primary objective of this lecture is to show how most stability problems can be understood by
focusing on the big picture rather than on the details of the seemingly complex mathematics. The
presentation will begin by identifying those factors that primarily impact the buckling strength of a system,
member, or cross section. Drawing on several example applications, the proper use of today's
computational analysis tools will be demonstrated as a means for enhancing engineering judgement.
A case will be made for how a fundamental understanding of structural stability is often
sufficient for today's steel designers, whether applying the direct analysis method to
assess system strength or a column curve to evaluate the strength of a compression
member. The lecture will also include an overview of the author's paper "Formulation
and Validation of Minimum Brace Stiffness for Systems of Compression Members."

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Learning Objectives
• List the five factors that influence frame stability, the effects of which are required to be considered by
AISC Specification Section C1.

• Identify indicators for assessing whether a structure is a stability-sensitive system.

• Explain the modeling considerations for direct analysis by advanced elastic analysis and inelastic
analysis methods, and the repercussions for determining member capacity.

• Describe how the configuration of a system of stability braces in series affects the required stiffness of
the individual brace.

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Structural Stability –
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Ronald D. Ziemian, PhD, PE
Professor
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA

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Fundamentals! Intuition

Education
Codes, Specifications,
Design Guides
Computational
Analysis Experience =
you + colleagues

Structural Stability
Guide (not replace)
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