Dome-shaped space trusses formed by means of posttensioning

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1240-1245

  Dehdashti, G ^a   Schmidt, L C ^b,c  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c ASCE ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOMES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DOME SHAPED SPACE TRUSSES; POSTTENSIONING;

TRUSSES;

EID: 0030270714     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1996)122:10(1240)     Document Type: Article

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