Effective length factor of columns in flexibly jointed and braced frames

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 93-118

  Kishi, N ^a   Chen, W F ^b   Goto, Y ^c   Komuro, M ^a  

^a MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Braced frame; Column buckling; Effective length factor; Semi rigid connection

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BUCKLING; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECIFICATIONS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EFFECTIVE LENGTH FACTOR;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 0347803084     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-974X(98)80104-1     Document Type: Article

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