Fully stressed design of frame structures and multiple load paths

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 806-814

  Mueller, Keith M ^a   Liu, Min ^b   Burns, Scott A ^c  

^a American Institute of Steel Construction   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Frame design; Framed structures; Load transfer; Numerical analysis; Structural design

Indexed keywords

FRAME DESIGN; FULLY STRESSED DESIGN; LOAD TRANSFER; STRESS-RATIO METHOD;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 0042856943     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2002)128:6(806)     Document Type: Article

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