Variable Repeated Loading and the Plastic Design of Structures

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Variable Repeated Loading and the Plastic Design of Structures

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Davies, J M

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The Structural Engineer, Volume 48, Issue 5, 1970

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Davies, J M

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The Structural Engineer, Volume 48, Issue 5, 1970

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This paper gives an assessment of the importance of the effects associated with variable repeated loading in the context of structural design by the plastic theory.

J.M. Davies

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