ANALYSIS OF CURVED FOLDED PLATE STRUCTURES

A COMPUTER PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WHICH IS CAPABLE OF ANALYZING CURVED FOLDED PLATE STRUCTURES SIMPLY SUPPORTED AT THE TWO ENDS AND COMPOSED OF ELEMENTS THAT MAY IN GENERAL BE SEGMENTS OF CONICAL FRUSTRA. THE PROGRAM IS BASED ON A HARMONIC ANALYSIS IN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION, WITH THE LOADINGS EXPRESSED BY FOURIER SERIES, AND ON A FINITE ELEMENT STIFFNESS ANALYSIS IN THE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION. THE STRUCTURE ASSEMBLY AND SOLUTION FOLLOWS THE DIRECT STIFFNESS METHOD AS IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED PREVIOUSLY TO STRAIGHT PRISMATIC FOLDED PLATES. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Meyer, C
  • Scordelis, A C
• Publication Date: 1970-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box girders; Computer programs; Curvature; Curves (Geometry); Finite element method; Fourier analysis; Girders; Stiffness; Structural plates
• Old TRIS Terms: Curved profiles; Curved steel girders; Finite elements; Folded plates; Simple span
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207981
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: D-4-53
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 7 1971 12:00AM