Complex edge stiffeners for thin-walled members

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-226

  Schafer, B W ^a   Sarawit, A ^b   Pekoz T ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMPSON GUMPERTZ AND HEGER INC   (United States)

^c Cornell Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cold formed steel; Cross sections; Edge effect; Optimization; Stiffness; Thin wall sections

Indexed keywords

COLD-FORMED STEEL; CROSS SECTIONS; EDGE EFFECT; THIN WALL SECTIONS;

BUCKLING; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

STRUCTURAL MEMBERS;

EID: 30844469057     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2006)132:2(212)     Document Type: Article

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