1) A 12 foot, A-36 steel, column has an outer diameter of 3.0 in and a thickness of 0.25 in. Determine the critical load if the bottom and top are both pinned.
2) A 10 meter wooden column has a square cross section of 50mm x 50mm. Determine the critical load if the bottom is fixed and the top is pinned. (E=13 GPa, ?y = 40MPa)