Ultimate strength of large scale reinforced concrete thin shell structures

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1418-1443

  Noh, Hyuk Chun ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling tower shell; Hyperbolic paraboloid saddle shell; Nonlinearities; Reinforced concrete shell structure; Ultimate strength

Indexed keywords

COOLING TOWERS; CRACKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; REINFORCED CONCRETE; ROTATION; STIFFNESS; STRAIN HARDENING;

COOLING TOWER SHELLS; HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID SADDLE SHELLS; NONLINEARITIES; REINFORCED CONCRETE SHELL STRUCTURE; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 23944450052     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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