This paper is concerned with a compression experiment in the case of equal eccentric at the upper and lower ends of carbon steel square pipes with a circular hole in a short column range, supported by a spherical seats. The circular hole position is at random. Consideration has beengiven too the formula which is combination of the analysis besed on the energy method with the experimental results. The measurement results show that the formula is in good agreement with those obtained experimentally for a short column range.