An improved analytical model for the prediction of the nonlinear behavior of flat and curved deployable space frames

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 129-158

  Gantes, Charis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

DEPLOYABLE SPACE FRAMES; GEOMETRIC NONLINEARITIES;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 0031249073     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-974X(97)00042-4     Document Type: Article

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