ABSTRACT
Membersinsteeltrussesunderpointloadsatjointsaresubjectedtoeitheraxialcompressionoraxialtension.Incontrast,membersinsteelframesmaybesubjectedtothecombined axialloadandbending,whichmaybecausedbylateralloads,eccentricloadingorframe actions.Theaxialloadandbendingmayincludethecombinedactionsofaxialloadand uniaxialbendingandofaxialloadandbiaxialbending.Membersundercompressiveaxial loadandbendingareregardedasbeam-columns,whichcombinethefunctionsofbeams and columns.
