Distortional buckling tests on cold-formed steel beams

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 515-528

  Yu, Cheng ^a   Schafer, Benjamin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckling; Predictions; Steel beams; Thin wall structures

Indexed keywords

PREDICTION; STEEL BEAMS; THIN WALL STRUCTURES;

BUCKLING; COMPACTION; FLANGES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 33645146438     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2006)132:4(515)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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