Consider the two steel member under a steel structure,
A: a compression flange of a beam against lateral torsional buckling
B: a member always under tension (other than a pre-tensioned member)
As per IS:800 - 2007, the ratio of maximum slenderness ratio permitted for the member B to the member A is
1
2.22
2
1.6
3
1.33
4
1.14