Analytical method of structural behaviours of a hybrid structure consisting of cables and rigid structures

Engineering Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 726-736

  Hangai, Yasuhiko ^a   Wu, Minger ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Koto ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cable structure; Hybrid structure; Tension structure

Indexed keywords

CABLES; ESTIMATION; KINEMATICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL LOADS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CABLE STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM EQUATION; HYBRID STRUCTURE; RIGID STRUCTURES; TENSION STRUCTURE;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033177607     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(98)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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