Građevinar, Vol. 56 No. 05., 2004.
Original scientific paper
Behavior of laterally restrained thin-walled open section beams
Diana Šimić
Abstract
Theoretical and experimental study of laterally restrained thin-walled open section beams is presented. A special emphasis is placed on Z-section beams laterally restrained along the flange with trapezoidal steel sheeting. The behavior of the laterally restrained thin-walled beam was determined by modeling its unrestrained flange as a beam on an elastic base. In this procedure, the rotational spring was replaced with lateral linear spring with stiffness corresponding to that of the elastic base.
Keywords
thin-walled open section beam; Z section; lateral restraint; rotational spring; rotational stiffness; lateral linear spring
Hrčak ID:
10160
URI
Publication date:
14.6.2004.
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