Computer · Strength of Materials
The Rankine-Gordon formula for determining the crippling load (P) of a column is given by which of the following expressions, where fc is the ultimate compressive stress, A is the cross-sectional area, 'a' is the Rankine's constant, 'l' is the effective length, and 'k' is the least radius of gyration?
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- 1P = f c A 1 + a 2 l k 2
- 2P = f c A k 2 + a 2 l 2
- 3P = f c A 1 + a l 2 k 2✓
- 4P = f c A 1 + a k 2 l
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P = f c A 1 + a l 2 k 2
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