Chord bearing capacity in long-span tubular trusses

Steel and Composite Structures

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-122

  Kozy, B ^a   Boyle, R ^a   Earls, C J ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing limit state; Circular HSS; Long span trusses; Nonlinear finite element analysis; Side wall bearing; Tubular member bearing

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

BEARING LIMIT STATE; CIRCULAR HSS; LONG-SPAN TRUSSES; SIDE WALL BEARING; TUBULAR MEMBER BEARING;

TRUSSES;

EID: 33645301561     PISSN: 12299367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/scs.2006.6.2.103     Document Type: Article

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