Computational modeling of cold-formed steel

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 48, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 752-762

  Schafer, B W ^a   Li, Z ^a   Moen, C D ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold formed steel; Collapse modeling; Finite strip method; Imperfection sensitivity

Indexed keywords

COLD-FORMED STEEL; COLLAPSE ANALYSIS; COLLAPSE MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; DISCRETIZATIONS; ELASTIC BUCKLING; FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTION; FINITE STRIP METHOD; FINITE STRIPS; IMPERFECTION SENSITIVITY; JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITIES; MATERIAL MODELING; RESEARCH GROUPS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SHELL FINITE ELEMENTS;

BUCKLING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; STRIP METAL;

STUDS (STRUCTURAL MEMBERS);

EID: 77956394913     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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