Minimum weight of cold-formed steel sections under compression

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 515-532

  Tian, Y S ^a   Lu, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C channel section; Cold formed steel; Experimental measurement; Minimum weight design; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORMING; GEOMETRY; LOADS (FORCES); OPTIMIZATION; STANDARDS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

COLD FORMING; MINIMUM WEIGHT DESIGN;

STEEL;

EID: 1642287034     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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