A computer method for nonlinear inelastic analysis of 3D semi-rigid steel frameworks

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3016-3033

  Chiorean, C G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Advanced analysis; Large deflections; Plastic zone analysis; Semi rigid space frameworks

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS METHOD; BEAM COLUMN ELEMENT; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONNECTION FLEXIBILITY; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; ELASTO-PLASTIC; FLEXIBLE JOINTS; INELASTIC ANALYSIS; LARGE DEFLECTION ANALYSIS; LARGE DEFLECTIONS; NODAL FORCE; NODAL LOADS; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEARITY; OBJECT ORIENTED; PLASTIC BENDING; PLASTIC-ZONE ANALYSIS; REFINED TYPE; ROTATIONAL-SPRING ELEMENTS; SECOND-ORDER INELASTIC ANALYSIS; SEMI-RIGID SPACE FRAMEWORKS; SEMI-RIGID STEEL; STEEL FRAME; STEEL SPACE FRAME; TANGENT STIFFNESS MATRIX; TIME SAVINGS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DAMPING; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PLASTICS; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

METAL ANALYSIS;

BENDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFLECTION; ELASTICITY; LOADING; MODELING; NONLINEARITY; STEEL STRUCTURE; STIFFNESS;

EID: 70449522983     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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