Question: A solid circular column has an effective length of 2 m and an outer diameter of 4 0 m m . The engineer wants to

A solid circular column has an effective length of 2m and an outer diameter of 40mm. The engineer wants to reduce the column weight by 25% and replace it with a circular hollow section (CHS) of the same outer diameter.
Determine;
a) The inner diameter (x) rounded to the nearest whole number in mm
b) The percentage reduction in the compression load carrying capacity of the hollow section column
c) The axial compression capacity of the hollow section and the failure mode.
Assume E =200000MPa and yield strength =250MPa and a factor of safety 1
A solid circular column has an effective length

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