Postcritical imperfection-sensitive buckling and optimal bracing of large regular frames

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-522

  Bažant, Zdeněk P ^a,b   Xiang, Yuyin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BUCKLING; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); INTEGRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

AXIAL SHORTENING; CRITICAL BRACING STIFFNESS; CRITICAL LOADS; ELASTIC BRACING; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; KOITER 2/3 POWER LAW; POST CRITICAL IMPERFECTION SENSITIVE BUCKLING; RECTANGULAR ELASTIC FRAMES;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 0031122086     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1997)123:4(513)     Document Type: Article

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