Analysis of pultruded glass reinforced plastic beams with semi-rigid end connections

Composite Structures

Volumn 38, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 3-16

  Turvey, G J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

END CONNECTIONS; ROTATIONAL STIFFNESS; SPAN TO DEPTH RATIO;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

COMPOSITES, GLASS-FIBRE-REINFORCED; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TEXTILES, INDUSTRIAL;

EID: 0031138462     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(97)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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