Comparison of Design Guidelines for Hot-Rolled I-Shaped Steel Compression Members according to AISC 360-16 and EC3

Table 3

Comparison of the effective cross-sectional areas of compression members with slender-element sections computed according to AISC 360-16 (A_{e,AISC 360-16}) and those with Class 4 sections computed according to EC3 (A_e,EC3).

Section	Steel grade	Ae,AISC360-16 /Ag (%)	Ae,EC3 /Ag (%)	Ae,EC3 /Ae,AISC360-16
IPE300; IPE330; IPE360; IPE400; IPE450; IPE500; IPE550; IPE600	S355	100; 99.6; 98.8; 98.1; 96.8; 95.8; 95.4; 94.9	97.9; 97.4; 96.7; 96.1; 94.9; 93.9; 93.5; 93.0	0.979; 0.978; 0.979; 0.980; 0.980; 0.980; 0.980; 0.980
HEA550; HEA600; HEA650; HEA700; HEA800; HEA900; HEA1000	S355	100; 99.0; 97.7; 97.2; 94.3; 92.2; 89.3	98.3; 97.2; 96.1; 95.5; 92.8; 90.7; 88.0	0.983; 0.982; 0.984; 0.983; 0.984; 0.984; 0.985
HEB700; HEB800; HEB900; HEB1000	S355	100; 98.0; 95.8; 93.0	98.4; 95.9; 93.8; 91.2	0.984; 0.979; 0.979; 0.981
HEM900; HEM1000	S355	99.1; 95.7	96.6; 93.6	0.975; 0.978
HD260 × 54.1; HD340 × 74.2	S460	94.0; 94.3	96.9; 96.7	1.03; 1.03