“…It is important to note that in this type of approach the effect of imperfections is considered twice in their maximum magnitude, firstly the maximum effect of in-plane imperfections is considered in the calculation of αult,ip and secondly, the maximum effect of out-of-plane imperfections is considered in the calculation of χop. In order to be in line with the general recommendation of Eurocode 3 that the effect of imperfections should be considered in one buckling direction only, the proposal presented by the authors in [6] is based on the calculation of αult,ip from GMNA instead of GMNIA, while the effect of imperfections is considered through the imperfection factor interpolated between those related to the LT buckling curve and to the FT buckling curve. In the example considered above, it gives for compression αult,ip = 1 / (nEd,0 https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201926209010 KRYNICA 2018 dimensionless buckling resistance is equal to αult,op = χop αult,ip = 1,86 and is much closer to that of 1,96 obtained from the Eurocode's interaction equation approach [5].…”