Theoretical research on naturally curved and twisted beams under complicated loads

Computers and Structures

Volumn 80, Issue 32, 2002, Pages 2529-2536

  Yu, Aimin ^a   Fang, Mingxia ^a   Ma, Xing ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Generalized coordinate for warping; Naturally curved and twisted beam; St. Venant torsional warping function; Variational equation

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TORSIONAL STRESS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

COMPLICATED LOADS;

CURVED BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0036894883     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(02)00329-2     Document Type: Article

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