A light gage steel folded plate model structure was fabricated and tested under a uniform pressure to determine the relative stiffness of this type of structure. Deflections at mid and quarter spans were measured and compared with values determined by a rational method of analysis.
A different approach to the analysis was introduced in which values of equivalent moment of inertia were determined for each plate cross-section so that compatibility along adjoining longitudinal edges would be assured. The experimental and theoretical results were in good agreement. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/52224 |
| Date | January 1968 |
| Creators | Armentrout, Daryl |
| Contributors | Structural Engineering |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | iii, 38 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 20144794 |
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