Simulations of mechanical performance of pultruded I-beams with various flange-web conjunctions

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-429

  Gan, L H ^a   Ye, L ^a   Mai, Y W ^a  

^a Ctr for Adv Materials Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PULTRUSION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

FLANGE-WEB CONJUNCTIONS; I-BEAMS;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032686148     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(99)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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