• Buckling Factor for Simple Pinned Column

    Hi, I used the verification example for the buckling factors for determining the critical buckling loads for a simple column (pinned pinned). However I get different results every time I run them. How do I ensure that the values I get are the…
  • Buckling Problem - Cannot decide what effective length factor (K) values to input to my model, can you help?

    I'm working on a 4 columned structural mast and I made a model of it on Sap2000. And Sap2000 gave me great amounts of K factor values, such as 5,7~8,0 That sounds creepy! This tower has 4 columns and spacing is about 2m x 1.2m between. Software doesn…