Sleeved compression member
AssigneesHasnain Investments (P) Limited, Tube Investments of India Limited
InventorBenne N. Sridhara
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Abstract
A sleeved compression member having at least one core piece which is subjected to a compression load. The core is surrounded by a sleeve which is spaced from the sides of each core piece and is adapted to be engaged by a core piece when the core piece is subjected to a compression load such that the sleeve is subjected to bending loads only.
Claims17
A sleeved compression member having improved resistance to buckling when subjected to a compression load applied to axial ends of the compression member, characterized in that said compression member comprises a core adapted to be subjected to said compression load imparted onto axial ends of the core and includes a plurality of discrete parts placed end-to-end in a zigzag manner so as to contact one another, and a hollow sleeve surrounding said core with the inner sides of said sleeve engaging only the ends of said discrete parts of said core, said sleeve adapted to be subjected to only bending forces when said core bends under the force of said compression load.
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