Lateral-torsional buckling of cold-formed zed-purlins partial-laterally restrained by metal sheeting

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 995-1011

  Li, Long Yuan ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold formed; Lateral torsional buckling; Purlin; Steel; Thin walled beam

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHEET METAL; STEEL; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TORSIONAL STRESS;

COLD-FORMED; LATERAL-TORSIONAL BUCKLING; PURLIN; THIN-WALLED BEAM;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942596231     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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