
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Flexural-torsional analysis of shear-deformable monosymmetric thin-walled
open members – II. Finite element formulation
Mohammed Ali Hjaji
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
Magdi Mohareb
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
ABSTRACT: Based on a generalized Timoshenko-Vlasov beam theory, a two-node finite element with four
degrees of freedom per node is developed for the coupled flexural-torsional