Steel and Composite Structures

Volume 14, Number 1, 2013, pages 1-20

DOI: 10.12989/scs.2013.14.1.001

Nonlinear P-Δ analysis of steel frames with semi-rigid connections

Hamid R. Valipour and Mark A. Bradford

Abstract

This paper presents the formulation for a novel force-based 1-D compound-element that captures both material and second order <i>P</i>-

Key Words

flexibility; nonlinearity; <i>P</i>-

Address

Hamid R. Valipour: Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales; Mark A. Bradford: Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety, The University of New South Wales