Buckling-Restrained Braced Frame system(BRBFs) are a new type of steel seismic-load-resisting system that has found use in several countries because of its efficiency and its promise of seismic performance far superior to that of conventional braced frames. The system is addressed in the 2005 edition of the AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings, also a set of design provisions ...

This paper describes an optimization procedure to design thermoplastic composite panels under axial compressive load conditions. Minimum weight is the goal. The panel design is subject to buckling constraints. The presence of the bending-twisting coupling and of particular boundary conditions does not allow an analytical solution for the critical buckling load. Surrogate models are used to appr...

This paper investigates symmetrical buckling of orthotropic circular and annular plates of continuous variable thickness. Uniform compression loading is applied at the plate outer boundary. Thickness varies linearly along radial direction. Inner edge is free, while outer edge has different boundary conditions: clamped, simply and elastically restraint against rotation. The optimized Ritz method...

iii Summary Computations were performed to determine the eect of an overall bow-type initial imperfection on the reliability of structural panels under combined compression and shear loadings. A panel's reliability is the probability that it will perform its intended function|in this case, carry a given load without buckling or exceeding in-plane strain allowables. For a panel loaded in compres...

The interaction between Euler buckling and Brazier instability in an orthotropic cylindrical tube was investigated. A simple closed-form interaction curve was obtained by using the principle of minimum potential energy including the 3D extended Brazier’s 2D type cross-section ovalization and the potential energy of axial compression. The interaction curve consists of an Euler buckling load and ...

The accurate value of thermal expansion coefficient ( ) of thin film is an important thermal property in the design of microelectronic devices and microsystem. This research presents a microbridge buckling deformation caused by the residual stresses to determine the of thermal oxide (SiO2) film. The extraction of is supported through experimental means and finite element analysis (FEM) of the b...

Buckling of a simply supported three-layer circular cylindrical shell under axial compressive load is studied. The inner and outer layers of the shell are comprised of the same homogeneous and isotropic material, and the middle layer is made of an isotropic functionally graded (FG) material whose Young’s modulus varies either affinely or parabolically in the thickness direction from its value f...

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations under transverse shear, uniaxial compression, and pullout loading configurations are reported for multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with different fraction of interwall sp3 bonds. The interwall shear coupling in MWCNTs is shown to have a strong influence on load transfer and compressive load carrying capacity. A new continuum shear-coupled-shell model is de...

Abstract:   The theory of optimization has improved remarkably during the last four decades. The main part of optimizing investigations has been focused on enhancing buckling resistance which does not violate the economic feasibility of final design. The finite element analysis which is called ESO (Evolutionary Structural Optimization) is presented for optimum (or most ideal) design of c...

Metal thin-walled members have been widely used in building industry. Usually they are utilized as purlins, girts or ceiling beams. Due to slenderness of thin-walled cross-sections these structural members are prone to stability problems (e.g. flexural buckling, lateral torsional buckling). If buckling is not constructionally prevented their resistance is limited by buckling strength. In practi...