Abstract: The behavior of rods and tubes as horizontal tension members is investigated. In the design of double diagonal tension bracing, each member must carry the tension forces as well as its own weight either by cable action in ...

Abstract: The paper examines the elastic lateral buckling of simply supported monosymmetric I‐beams under transverse loads. Solutions are obtained in terms of the easily evaluated degree of beam monosymmetry parameter, ρ, and the ...

Abstract: In the design of roof and wall double-diagonal cross bracing, the compression diagonal is usually ignored. The possibility of bracing provided to the compression diagonal by the loaded tension diagonal is examined. It is ...

Abstract: Single angle web struts in trusses are usually eccentrically loaded. Design practices vary from country to country. Most current practices recommend that eccentricity be accounted for by considering bending about both ...

Abstract: Asymmetric thin‐walled open sections such as angles are used widely in trusses and transmission towers. Such members have relatively low torsional and bending stiffnesses and are connected eccentrically. The geometrical ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the elastic flexural‐torsional buckling of I‐beams supported (suspended) symmetrically by cables or chains, as might be encountered in practice in a lifting operation. The governing differential ...