A program for the automatic plastic design and analysis of plane steel frames

The desire for more efficient and realistic structural design of plane steel frames has brought plastic methods of analysis to the fore. Though not commonly used in South Africa, plastic methods have been adopted elsewhere, particularly in the United States. An incremental approach is presented, leading to the determination of the collapse load of a structure and its consequent design. The structure is then analysed using deformation theory analysis, and the results are checked using the A.I.S.C. recommendations, a summary of which is presented. A computer program which automatically executes the design and analysis of any plane steel frame is included, and some of the results obtained from the program are presented.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Civil Engineering

Year dc:date.issued

1977

Author dc:creator

• Griffin, Paul Dominic

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Martin, JB

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17862

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17862