Stability and Limit Loads of Steel Space Trusses

by Shien T. Wang, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA,
Tommy L. Bevins, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Materials and Member Behavior

Abstract:

An investigation of the behavior of cold-formed steel space truss structures, under the interaction of local, member, and overall buckling is described. A Finite Element computer program based on both bifurcation and incremental solution schemes has been developed. Interesting results have been obtained to shed light on the effects of local buckling as well as member buckling on the global buckling strength of the space truss structure.

Subject Headings: Steel structures | Cold-formed steel | Trusses | Space truss | Space structures | Finite element method | Buckling

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