Experimental and finite element investigations on the collapse of a Mero space truss roof structure - A case study

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 458-470

  Caglayan, O ^a   Yuksel, E ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collapse; Mero space truss; Roof structure; Snow load

Indexed keywords

BOLTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOAD LIMITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; ROOFS;

ELASTIC DESIGN; SNOW LOAD INTENSITY;

TRUSSES;

BOLTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOAD LIMITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; ROOFS; TRUSSES;

EID: 38949084536     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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