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Stability of multi-step flexural-shear plates with varying cross-section

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    Abstract

    In this paper, multi-story buildings with shear-wall structures and with narrow rectangular plane configuration are modeled as a multi-step flexural-shear plate with varying cross-section for buckling analysis. The governing differential equation of such a plate is established. Using appropriate transformations, the equation is reduced to analytically solvable equations by selecting suitable expressions of the distribution of stiffness. The exact solutions for buckling of such a one-step flexural-shear plate with variable stiffness are derived for several cases. A new exact approach that combines the transfer matrix method and closed from solution of one-step flexural-shear plate with continuously varying stiffness is presented for stability analysis of multi-step non-uniform flexural-shear plate. A numerical example shows that the present methods are easy to implement and efficient.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)597-612
    JournalStructural Engineering and Mechanics
    Volume16
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2003

    Research Keywords

    • Buckling
    • Plates
    • Tall buildings

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