Predicting the shear strength of mechanical clinching in cold-formed steel structures

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-442

  Pedreschi, Remo ^a   Sinha, Braj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold formed steel; Connections; Industrial plants; Steel structures; Structural strength

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FABRICATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; SHEAR STRENGTH;

COLD-FORMED STEEL; FAILURE MODES; MECHANICAL CLINCHING; STRUCTURAL STRENGTH;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STEEL STRUCTURE;

EID: 33646700463     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2006)18:3(435)     Document Type: Article

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