A finite beam element for analyzing shear lag and shear deformation effects in composite-laminated box girders

Computers and Structures

Volumn 82, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 763-771

  Wu, Yaping ^a,b   Lai, Yuanming ^b   Zhang, Xuefu ^b   Zhu, Yuanlin ^b  

^a LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Beam element; Composite; Initial value solution; Laminated box girders; Shear deformation; Shear lag

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

BEAM ELEMENTS; INITIAL-VALUE SOLUTION; LAMINATED BOX GIRDERS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 1842554770     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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