Elastic Flexural-Torsional Buckling of Discretely Restrained Arches
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 128, Issue 6
Abstract
Arches are often connected with other members, which induce elastic restraining actions during the flexural-torsional buckling of the arch and so increase its elastic buckling resistance. This paper presents a study of the effects of elastic discrete restraints on the elastic flexural-torsional buckling of arches in uniform bending and in uniform compression. It is found that the established results for the elastic flexural-torsional buckling of restrained beams in uniform bending cannot be used directly for restrained arches in uniform bending, nor can those for the elastic flexural or torsional buckling of restrained columns in uniform compression be used directly for restrained arches in uniform compression. Because of the curved profile of an arch, the restraints are more effective in increasing the elastic buckling resistance of an arch than that of the corresponding straight member. Approximate formulas for the threshold values of the stiffness of the central torsional and lateral-translational restraints for a restrained arch in uniform bending and for the threshold value of the stiffness of the lateral-translational restraints for a restrained arch in uniform compression at which the flexural-torsional buckling mode changes from being symmetric to antisymmetric are proposed. Approximate formulas for the elastic flexural-torsional buckling resistance of centrally or end restrained arches in uniform bending and in uniform compression are also proposed. Finite element results demonstrate that these proposed formulas are accurate.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 128 • Issue 6 • June 2002
Pages: 719 - 727
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Mar 26, 2001
Accepted: Aug 7, 2001
Published online: May 15, 2002
Published in print: Jun 2002
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