Stability analysis of a glulam dome with nonlinear material law

The object of this study is to incorporate a nonlinear material law for wood in the finite element program ABAQUS to develop effective finite element models of glulam domes, and to investigate the buckling behavior of glulam domes using this finite element program. The material law is implemented with a FORTRAN subroutine. Results from thorough testing of the subroutine are presented. The dome is then modeled with I-DEAS and, analyzed with ABAQUS. The modeling procedure is briefly discussed, and the results from the stability analysis of the dome are presented. Finally, conclusions and further research scope based on this study are presented.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Civil Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1992

Author dc:creator

• Telang, Niket M.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-09052009-040535

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/44568