Failure analysis of transmission towers

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1922-1928

  Albermani, F ^a   Kitipornchai, S ^b   Chan, R W K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Buckling; Finite element analysis; Structural failure

Indexed keywords

FAILURE PREDICTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORENSIC ANALYSIS; FULL-SCALE TESTING; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; STRUCTURAL FAILURE PREDICTIONS; TOWER DESIGN; TRANSMISSION TOWER;

BUCKLING; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; TOWERS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349236016     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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