Effect of force limiting devices on behaviour of space trusses

Engineering Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-44

  El Sheikh, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Force limiting devices; Space trusses

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DUCTILITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS;

CRITICAL COMPRESSION MEMBERS; FORCE LIMITING DEVICES; SPACE TRUSSES;

TRUSSES;

EID: 0032777370     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(97)00136-3     Document Type: Article

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