Bearing capacity in long-span tubular truss chords

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 356-367

  Kozy, B ^a,b   Earls, C J ^c  

^a HDR Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Collapse; Connections; Hollow sections; Limit states; Trusses; Tubes

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE MECHANISMS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; TRUSS CHORDS;

BEARING CAPACITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGHWAY MARKINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

TRUSSES;

EID: 33847136738     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2007)133:3(356)     Document Type: Article

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