A parametric study of the non-linear geometric behaviour and carrying capacity of 3D asymmetric steel frames

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Civil-Comp 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Cesar M B ^a   Barros, R C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bracing of structures; Modelling of connections; Non linear geometric structural analysis; Stability of asymmetric 3D frames

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; BEHAVIOURAL ASPECTS; CRITICAL LOAD FACTORS; EUROCODE 3; GEOMETRIC NON-LINEARITY; IMPLICIT FORMULATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARAMETRIC VARIATION; SECOND ORDER ANALYSIS; STEEL FRAME; STIFFNESS VARIATIONS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; THICK PLATE;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOMETRY; STABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 80053428937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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