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2 Column flange and web in compression

2.2.1 Description of the component
In this section, the mechanical characteristics of the column flange and web in compression
component are presented and discussed. This component, as its name clearly indicates, is
subjected to tension forces resulting from the applies bending moment and axial force in the
column (Figure 2.2.1).
The proposed rules for resistance and stiffness evaluation given hereunder are similar to those
included in revised Annex J of Eurocode 3 for the beam flange and web in compression
component in beam-to-column joints and beam splices.

Risk of yielding or instability

Figure 2.2.1 Component column flange and web in compression

2.2.2 Resistance
When a bending moment M and a axial force N are carried over from the column to the
concrete block, a compression zone develops in the column, close to the column base; it
includes the column flange and a part of the column web in compression. The compressive
force Fc carried over by the joint may, as indicated in Figure 2.2.2, is quite higher than the
compressive force F in the column flange resulting from the resolution, at some distance of
the joint, of the same bending moment M and axial force N. In Figure 2.2.2, the forces F and
Fc are applied to the centro d of the column flange in compression.

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