Fundamental closed-form solutions for solid and thin-walled composite beams including a complete out-of-plane warping model

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 2775-2793

  Rand, Omri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ELASTICITY; LOADS (FORCES); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CLOSED FORM SOLUTION; THIN WALLED GEOMETRY; WARPING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0032108530     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(97)00195-9     Document Type: Article

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