... supported 0 1 2 3 4 I5 I3 II 9- 7- 5, k - - - a/b (b) k 4 0- 36 - Clamped edges Simply supported 12 345 a/b (C) Fig. 6.16 (a) Buckling coefficients for flat plates in ... Flexural-torsional buckling of thin-walled columns 185 0 P - ~EIJL~ -Pxs P - ~EI,,JL~ 0 PYS PYS - Pxs IOPIA - .rr2ET/L2 - GJ =O (6.86) d’v dz- d2 u EI, 7 = - PV EI,,,, ... resolving forces horizontally for the element azFDt = atCDt cos a whence 7 a, = a, cos- a or, substituting for at from Eq. (6. 94) r a, = - tan a or, for this particular...