Analysis of strain-gauge data from thin-walled structural members subjected to eccentric longitudinal loading

Abstract

In full- or reduced-scale tests on skeletal structures, several cross-sections are usually strain-gauged to enable strain distributions to be obtained and stress resultants to be deduced. This paper explains how such measurements are best analysed, with special emphasis on the proper inclusion of longitudinal stresses associated with warping. Two examples are included.

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