Graphical Determination of the Shear Center in Thin-Walled Asymmetrical U Profiles
Publication: Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 15, Issue 2
Abstract
This note recalls the circumstances leading to the late introduction of the idea of a shear center (or flexural center). It presents several graphs allowing a direct determination of the position of the shear center and of the corresponding warping constant for thin-walled asymmetrical U sections found as compression elements of channels and of similar profiles.
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Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 15 • Issue 2 • May 2010
Pages: 177 - 181
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© 2010 ASCE.
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Received: Mar 9, 2009
Accepted: Jul 27, 2009
Published online: Apr 15, 2010
Published in print: May 2010
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