Buckling analysis of cold-formed steel members with general boundary conditions using CUFSM: Conventional and constrained finite strip methods

20th International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures - Recent Research and Developments in Cold-Formed Steel Design and Construction

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 17-31

  Li, Z ^a   Schafer, B W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Constrained finite strip method; CUFSM; Elastic buckling analysis; Finite strip method

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING ANALYSIS; COLD-FORMED STEEL; CONSTRAINED FINITE STRIP METHOD; CUFSM; DIRECT STRENGTH METHODS; ELASTIC BUCKLING; ELASTIC STABILITY; FINITE STRIP METHOD; FINITE STRIPS; GENERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GENERAL METHODOLOGIES; GEOMETRIC STIFFNESS; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; MODAL DECOMPOSITION; OPEN SOURCES; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SHAPE FUNCTIONS; SIMPLY SUPPORTED;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; STEEL RESEARCH; STEEL STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRIP METAL; STUDS (STRUCTURAL MEMBERS);

METAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951904480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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