PART $3$: TIMBER STUD COMBINED BENDING & COMPRESSION CHECK

Q$4.$ Do calculations to check whether the SG$8$ timber studs on gridline A$,$

illustrated in Figure $8,$ with nominal section size $150$mm $50mm($these are rough

sawn dimensions and once dried, assume section size is $140mm45mm)$ are

able to sustain ULS loads due to $1\mathrm{.}2G+W_u+{}_{c}Q$ of $N^{**}=4kN$ in compression and

$M^{*}=0\mathrm{.}6kNm.$ Report the critical ratio of demand $($due to combined actions$)$ to

capacity $($see Equations $3\mathrm{.}27$ & $3\mathrm{.}28$ in reader$).$ For the column end restraint

conditions, treat as "studs in light framing" $($refer Table $3\mathrm{.}1$ of reader$).$