Vector Form Intrinsic Finite Element analysis of nonlinear behavior of steel structures exposed to fire

Engineering Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-92

  Lien, K H ^a,b   Chiou, Y J ^b,c   Wang, R Z ^c   Hsiao, P A ^d  

^a KAO YUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^d HSING KUO UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collapse; Fire; Fracture; Nonlinear analysis; Steel structures; Vector Form Intrinsic Finite Element (VFIFE)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BEAM STRUCTURES; CATENARY ACTIONS; COLLAPSE; CRITICAL VALUE; EARTHQUAKE LOAD; ELASTIC BUCKLING STRENGTHS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FIRE LOADS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHALLOW ARCH; STEEL FRAME; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; WILLIAMS;

BEARING CAPACITY; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BUCKLING; EARTHQUAKES; FIRES; FRACTURE; METAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; STEEL STRUCTURES; VECTORS; WELDS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BEARING CAPACITY; BUCKLING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE FLOW; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STEEL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 70449631087     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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