Local Buckling of Stiffened Plates in Offshore Structures

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-59

  Shanmugam, N E ^a   Arockiasamy, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL TESTING; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS;

AXIAL LOADS; LATERAL LOADS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

FAILURE ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS;

EID: 0030152112     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0143-974X(96)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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