Stability of unbraced frames under non-proportional loading

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-16

  Xu, L ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Chen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; STABILITY; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

CRITICAL BUCKLING LOADS; ELASTIC CRITICAL LOADS; ELASTIC STABILITY; NONPROPORTIONAL LOADING; UNBRACED FRAMES;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 0035147997     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2001.11.1.001     Document Type: Article

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