Limit analysis of strain softening steel frames under pure bending

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1151-1159

  Tangaramvong, S ^a   Tin Loi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementarity problem; Holonomic elastoplastic analysis; Limit analysis; Strain softening

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELASTOPLASTICITY; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

COMPLEMENTARITY PROBLEM; HOLONOMIC ELASTOPLASTIC ANALYSIS; LOAD ESTIMATION; SOFTENING;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 34250889314     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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