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What is the effective length when one end of compression member is fixed and other end is hinged?(a) 0.65L(b) 0.8L(c) L(d) 2LThe question was posed to me in a national level competition.This interesting question is from Effective Length and Slenderness Ratio of Compression Members topic in portion Design of Compression Members of Design of Steel Structures

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The correct choice is (B) 0.8L

The explanation is: The EFFECTIVE length of COMPRESSION member when ONE end is fixed and other end is hinged is 0.8L, where L is the length of the member.



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