Empirical formulations for estimation of ultimate strength of continuous stiffened aluminium plates under combined in-plane compression and lateral pressure

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-289

  Khedmati, Mohammad Reza ^a   Zareei, Mohammad Reza ^b   Rigo, Philippe ^c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b CHABAHAR MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Axial compression; Continuous stiffened aluminium plates; Empirical formulation; Finite element method (FEM); Heat affected zone; Lateral pressure; Regression analysis; Ultimate strength

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM PLATES; EMPIRICAL EXPRESSION; IN-PLANE AXIAL; IN-PLANE COMPRESSION; INITIAL IMPERFECTION; LATERAL PRESSURES; PLATE SLENDERNESS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SLENDERNESS RATIOS; TWO PARAMETER; ULTIMATE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM; AXIAL COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORROSION; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; MARINE APPLICATIONS; METAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; WELDING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 74149092367     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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