Proceedings of the Fourth International Conferences on Coupled Instabilities in Metal Structures
423-434
International
Fourth International Conferences on Coupled Instabilities in Metal Structures
27-29 September, 2004
Rome
Italy
[en] This paper presents a formulation allowing the application of generalised beam theory (GBT) to the analysis of thin-walled members with branched open cross section. It is then applied to a simple example and compared with results obtained by the use of classical FE-models (beam elements or shell elements).