ABSTRACT
There are three types of failure that can occur in steel under axial compression.
Flexural buckling: Flexural buckling occurs when the bending stress is too high. The compression member fails as a whole.
Local buckling: Local buckling is a condition in which part of the cross-section buckles before the entire section, causing eccentricities.
Flexural torsional buckling: Flexural torsional buckling is a condition in which localized buckling causes bending in multiple directions, causing torsion about the axis of the compression member. Flexural torsional buckling is not covered in this book
