Abstract: Cold-formed steel structures are used extensively in buildings. The use of structural frames and trusses fabricated from cold-formed steel sections is increasing. A key element in the manufacturing of such structures is ...

Abstract: The paper describes a novel method for determining the failure criterion of masonry in biaxial bending. The conventional failure theories are not applicable to masonry that exhibits both strength and stiffness orthotropies. ...

Abstract: In this paper the capability of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in solving complex nonlinear problems is utilized for the analysis of masonry panels under biaxial bending. A network, trained using a set of data, which ...