Stiffness formulation for nonprismatic beam elements

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1484-1489

  Tena Colunga, Arturo ^a,b  

^a ASCE ^*

^b Fund Javier Barros Sierra   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

NONPRISMATIC BEAM ELEMENTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELASTIC STIFFNESS MATRICES;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0030418871     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1996)122:12(1484)     Document Type: Article

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