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NOTATIONS (contd...)

Preparation of Teaching Resource Material
Sponsored by : Ministry of Steel, Government of India
Workshops for University Faculty (June - July 2001)
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K Buckling coefficient of an element
l Length of a member between support points
le Effective length of a member
Lw Length of a weld
M Applied moment on a beam
Mb Buckling resistance moment
Mc Moment capacity of a cross section
Mcr Critical bending moment to cause local buckling in a beam
Mcx Moment capacity in bending about the x axis in the absence of Fc and My
Mcy Moment capacity in bending about the y axis in the absence of Fc and Mx
ME Elastic lateral buckling moment of a beam
Mp Plastic moment capacity of a section
Mx, My Moment about x and y axes respectively
My Yield moment of a section
N Number of 90 degree bends in a section
Pbs Bearing capacity of a bolt
Pc Buckling resistance under axial load
Pcs Short strut capacity
Pe Elastic flexural buckling load (Euler load) for a column
Pex, Pey Elastic flexural buckling load (Euler load) for a column about x and y axes respectively
Pfs Shear capacity of a fastener
Pft Tensile capacity of a fastener
Ps Shear capacity of a bolt or Shear capacity of a spot weld
PT Torsional buckling load of a column
PT Tensile capacity of a member or connection
PTF Torsional flexural buckling load of a column
Pv Shear capacity or shear buckling resistance
Pw Concentrated load resistance of a single web
Pc compressive strength
Pcr Local buckling stress of an element
Po Limiting compressive stress in a flat web
Pv Shear strength
Py Design strength of steel
Pw Design strength of weld
Q Factor defining the effective cross-sectional area of a section
qcr Shear buckling strength of a web
r Inside bend radius or Radius of gyration
rcy Radius of gyration of a channel about its centroidal axis parallel to the web
ri Radius of gyration of an I section
ro Polar radius of gyration of a section about the shear centre
rx, ry Radii of gyration of a section about the x and y axes respectively
Zp Plastic modulus of a section
S Distance between the centres of bolts normal to the line of applied force or, where there is only a single line of bolts, the width of the sheet or Leg length of a fillet weld or Standard deviation
Sp Staggered pitch, i.e. the distance, measured parallel to the direction of stress in a member, centre-to-centre of holes in consecutive lines
 
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