Buckling strength of multi-story sway, non-sway and partially-sway frames with semi-rigid connections

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 893-905

  Mageirou, Georgios E ^a   Gantes, Charis J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buckling; Effective length; Multi story sway; Non sway and partially sway frames; Semi rigid connections; Stiffness coefficients

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRESS LOAD CONTROL; STIFFNESS;

BUCKLING STRENGTH; MULTI-STORY SWAY; SEMI-RIGID CONNECTIONS;

BUCKLING;

EID: 33747799339     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

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