Local and Global Interactive Buckling Capacity of Thin-Walled Box-Section Members of BS700 High-Strength Steel under Axial Compression

Table 6

Comparison between the test results and the results obtained by Chinese, US, and European codes.

Specimen	φf	φc	(φf−φc)/φf %	φa	(φf − φa)/φf %	φe	(φf − φe)/φf %
LC1	0.7637	0.6486	15.1	0.6967	8.8	0.6647	13.0
LC2	0.7469	0.5885	21.2	0.6652	10.9	0.6158	17.6
LC3	0.7420	0.5013	32.4	0.6095	17.9	0.5461	26.4
LC4	0.6154	0.4389	28.7	0.5677	7.8	0.4848	21.2
LC5	0.4934	0.3559	27.9	0.4852	1.7	0.4034	18.2
LC6	0.8000	0.6122	23.5	0.6946	13.2	0.6304	21.2
LC7	0.7507	0.5367	28.5	0.6439	14.2	0.5581	25.7
LC8	0.5989	0.4707	21.4	0.5878	1.9	0.4940	17.5
LC9	0.4449	0.3111	30.1	0.3973	10.7	0.3360	24.5
LC10	0.2817	0.2138	24.1	0.2524	10.4	0.2326	17.4
Average error	25.29		9.75		20.27