Abstract: The type of mild steel, strain hardening, strain aging, and the Bauschinger effect due to strain reversal are shown to have a significant effect on the load capacity of tubular struts. Material and strut tests have been ...

Abstract: Strain reversal in the inelastic range may cause a dramatic drop in the tangent modulus for mild steel struts. Other material properties also affect the tangent modulus. Consequently the influence of several of these ...

Abstract: The present and future role of engineers in very small developing countries (VSDC's) is reviewed. Technology is recognized as important in developing countries, but engineers and engineering employers are not doing enough ...