Improved stiffness distribution factors for evaluation of effective buckling lengths in multi-story sway frames

Engineering Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1113-1124

  Gantes, Charis J ^a   Mageirou, Georgios E ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buckling; Columns; Effective length; Multi story sway frames; Stiffness coefficients

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; GRAPHIC METHODS; STIFFNESS;

BUCKLING LENGTH COEFFICIENTS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; STIFFNESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

BUILDINGS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING;

EID: 18844378406     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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