Initial collapse of braced elliptical tubes under lateral compression

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1023-1036

  Wu, Lan ^a   Carney III, John F ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse load; Elliptical; Energy dissipation; Lateral compression; Tubes

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BRACED ELLIPTICAL TUBES; INITIAL COLLAPSE LOAD; LATERAL COMPRESSION;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031233894     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7403(97)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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