The slenderness ratio of the columns is ________.

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  1. directly proportional to the effective length 
  2. directly proportional to the least radius of gyration
  3. directly proportional to the square of effective length
  4. directly proportional to the square of least radius of gyration

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Option 1 : directly proportional to the effective length 
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  • Slenderness ratio is the ratio of the length of a column and the least radius of gyration of its cross-section
  • It is used extensively for finding out the design load as well as in classifying various columns in short/intermediate/long
  • \(\lambda = \frac{{{l_e}}}{{{k_{min}}}}\)
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