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The	O
Wood	B-Algorithm
method	I-Algorithm
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Merchant	O
–	O
Rankine	O
–	O
Wood	B-Algorithm
method	I-Algorithm
,	O
is	O
a	O
structural	B-Algorithm
analysis	I-Algorithm
method	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
determine	O
estimates	O
for	O
the	O
effective	O
buckling	O
length	O
of	O
a	O
compressed	O
member	O
included	O
in	O
a	O
building	O
frames	O
,	O
both	O
in	O
sway	O
and	O
a	O
non-sway	O
buckling	O
modes	O
.	O
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