
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Inelastic post-buckling GBT analysis of tubular thin-walled metal members
M. Abambres, D. Camotim & N. Silvestre
Civil Engineering Department, ICIST, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
ABSTRACT: After an overview of a recently developed inelastic post-buckling Generalised Beam Theory
(GBT) formulation, the paper illustrates its potential for the analysis of tubular members made of bi/non-linear
materials. GBT displacement/stress results are validated against shell ...