Sway of semi-rigid steel frames Part 1: Regular frames

Engineering Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1809-1819

  Ashraf, M ^a   Nethercot, D A ^a   Ahmed, B ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

ANSYS; Connection stiffness; Corresponding regular frame; Finite lement analysis; Flexibility factor; Multi storey frames; Semi rigid connection; Sway

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BRACING; LATERAL SWAY; SCHUELLER'S EQUATIONS; SEMI-RIGID STEEL FRAMES;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844253279     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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