A probabilistic examination of the ultimate strength of cold-formed steel elements

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-288

  Schafer, B W ^a   Grigoriu, M ^a   Pekoz T ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold formed; Design; Imperfections; Probabilistic; Residual stress; Steel

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BEARING CAPACITY; BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COLD FORM STEEL;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0032131427     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8231(98)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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