Abstract: In this paper, the extended Kantorovich method originally proposed by Kerr is further extended to the bending problem of rectangular Mindlin plates. A substantial extension made in this study, in addition to the employment ...

Abstract: An ODE-solver-based method for the solution of the deflection and stresses of the deck plate of an oil storage tank floating roof, either with or without a central pontoon, is proposed in this paper. Based on the bending ...

Abstract: This paper deals with experimental investigations into flexural-torsional ultimate resistance of in-plane-pinned circular steel arches. Three I-section arches with the same span but different rise-to-span ratios were tested ...

Abstract: This paper focuses on the flexural-torsional buckling and ultimate resistance of parabolic steel arches with box sections subjected to full-span uniformly distributed vertical load by using finite-element numerical analyses. ...

Abstract: Circular arches subjected to in-plane loading are restrained with discrete lateral bracings to improve their out-of-plane stabilities in many cases. The arch segment between two adjacent bracings may buckle out of plane ...

Abstract: As a new type of nonprismatic built-up columns, the shuttle-shaped steel tubular latticed (SSTL) column is widely used in engineering structures. However, there are no methods available to test its ultimate resistance ...