Abstract: Design criteria for lateral load effect of two‐hinged, parabolic, steel arch bridge structures are presented on the basis of the ultimate limit state design concept. The arch structures are composed of two main ribs connected ...

Abstract: Fixed‐end restraint effect on the load carrying capacity of steel arches loaded into the inelastic and the finite deformation range is studied by an accurate nonlinear finite element approach. This approach takes into ...

Abstract: Several numerical results for the load carrying capacity of two‐hinged, parabolic, steel arch bridge structures—determined by an accurate finite element approach—are presented. The arch structures are composed of two main ...

Abstract: This paper presents a numerical method for predicting the influence of local buckling in component plates and distortional phenomenon on the ultimate strength of thin-walled, welded steel box girders curved in plan. A ...

Abstract: The usual methods of investigating dynamic instability concentrate on elastic instabilities. These standard methods are limited because the strength of the structural component is independent of how much spread there is ...

Abstract: The global compressive capacity of steel members subject to lateral rigid body dynamic excitation is examined numerically with a dynamic nonlinear finite-element analytical algorithm that uses the implicit Newmark-