Abstract: This paper deals with the effects of geometric imperfections on flexural inelastic buckling resistance of axially loaded columns with equally spaced lateral braces and presents a simplified way of forming the critical ...

Abstract: This paper presents the flexural-torsional buckling resistance and design of steel circular arches subjected to uniform compression with elastic end bending restraints by using finite element (FE) numerical analyses. ...

Abstract: This paper presents the flexural-torsional buckling resistance and design of steel circular arches subjected to uniform compression with elastic end bending restraints by using finite element (FE) numerical analyses. ...

Abstract: This paper deals with the effects of geometric imperfections on flexural inelastic buckling resistance of axially loaded columns with equally spaced lateral braces and presents a simplified way of forming the critical ...

Abstract: When a beam is subjected to an in-plane linear temperature gradient field, the thermal effects of the temperature gradient field tend to change the curvature of the beam in the transverse direction and to expand the beam ...

Abstract: When the ratio of the minor axis flexural stiffness to the major axis flexural stiffness is large, classic analysis may lead to inaccurate predictions of the lateral buckling loads of beams and beam‐columns because the ...

Abstract: In a companion paper, it was pointed out that when the ratio of the out‐of‐plane flexural stiffness to the in‐plane flexural stiffness is not small, classical analysis may lead to inaccurate predictions of the out‐of‐plane ...

Abstract: The vertical deflections perpendicular to the plane of a horizontal beam curved in plan are coupled with its twist rotations, and its axial deflections are coupled with its horizontal radial deflections. Because of the ...

Abstract: An arch loaded in-plane may suddenly deflect laterally and twist out of the plane of loading and fail in a flexural-torsional buckling mode. This paper investigates the out-of-plane inelastic flexural-torsional buckling ...