Buckling load of symmetric plane frames using canonical forms and group theory

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 89-128

  Kaveh, A ^a,b   Nikbakht, M ^a,b  

^a Iran University of Science and Technology ^*

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CANONICAL FORMS; GROUP THEORY; SYMMETRIC PLANE FRAMES;

STRUCTURAL LOADS;

EID: 33746045658     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-006-0339-2     Document Type: Article

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