Lateral-torsional buckling of unrestrained steel beams under fire conditions: Improvement of EC3 proposal

Computers and Structures

Volumn 82, Issue 20-21, 2004, Pages 1737-1744

  Vila Real, P M M ^a   Lopes, N ^a   Simoes da Silva L ^b   Franssen, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eurocode 3; Fire; Lateral torsional buckling; Numerical modelling; Steel beam

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL; TORSIONAL STRESS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

EUROCODES; LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING; NUMERICAL MODELING; STEEL BEAMS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 3142539397     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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