
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
A semi-discretized thin-walled beam element including distortion
Michael Joachim Andreassen & Jeppe Jönsson
Technical University of Denmark, Department of Civil Engineering, Brovej, Lyngby, Denmark
ABSTRACT: An advanced thin-walled beam element including distortion of the cross section is presented.The
beam element formulation utilizes a semi-discretization approach in which the cross section is discretized into
wall elements and the analytical solutions of the related GBT beam equations are