Steel beam analysis & design (EN1993) - How is kc calculated from Table 6.6?

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k_c
table 6.6
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Deriving k_c

Slenderness correction factor, k_c, is based on the values in Table 6.6 but this table does not give much information. Table 6.6 is in fact based on the values in BS5950: Part 1:1985 - Table 15 and this is the data Tedds uses..
 

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