Calculations of compressed rods considering experiments over last 100 years

The article presents the results of testing and FE-modelling of rods calculated for the central and eccentric compressive load. More than 600 tests have been analysed over the past 100 years, including made by author, in a wide range of slenderness made of steels with a yield strength of up to 1000 MPa. It is established that the existing Russian calculation methods allow us to accurately determine the bearing capacity of the rod for steel of any strength. Verification of calculation method was carried out not only by stresses and ultimate load-bearing capacity, but also by the deformations of the tested rods. It is established that for H-beams and thin- walled pipes, clarification of the design codes is required to be able to design cost-effective designs, since the code formulas give a margin. This is especially true for elements of low flexibility with small eccentricities. To clarify the codes, a method for modelling a three-line diagram of steel operation, verified with the test results, is proposed.