The influence of local buckling on the bearing capacity of light steel thin-walled profiles is a hot topic today. In this paper we evaluated the effect of the thickness of the elements of the cross section on bearing capacity the profile in a transverse bending.

Work is devoted to the actual topic - local buckling of light steel thin-walled sections. Method of calculating stability in thin-walled structures described in the work. The mechanisms of local buckling under transverse bending considered by authors.

Most methods for calculating bearing capacity profiles section of complex shape local buckling (LPA) are ignored. The problem of LPA rod is reduced to the problem of overall sustainability. At the design stage constructions of thin-walled beams, it is important to have a simple method for estimating the bearing capacity and the potential loss of local and general stability of the structure.

Local buckling and accounting of the geometric nonlinearity of light steel thin-walled profiles is an important topic. The authors assesses the influence of geometric nonlinearity on the bearing capacity profile in transverse bending conditions.