Design and analysis of a composite beam for infrastructure applications - Part I: Preliminary investigation in bending

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-312

  Springolo, Mario ^a,b   Van Erp, Gerard ^a   Khennane, Amar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Larken Teys Consulting Pty Ltd

Author keywords

Composite beam; Design; Prototype; Timoshenko beam; Timoshenko plate theory; Transformed section

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COMPOSITE BEAM; PROTOTYPE; TIMOSHENKO BEAM; TIMOSHENKO PLATE THEORY; TRANSFORMED SECTION;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 33144458226     PISSN: 02681900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.2006.008885     Document Type: Article

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