Human induced loading on flexible staircases

Engineering Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-45

  Kerr, S C ^a,b   Bishop, N W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MSC House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FOOTBRIDGES; STAIRS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FLEXIBLE STAIRCASES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035217370     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(00)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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