RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Limit analysis of planar steel frames with variable section type and arbitrary loads A1 Cacho Pérez, Mariano K1 Plastic hinge K1 Planar steel frames K1 Collapse load factor K1 Collapse mechanism K1 Arbitrary distributed loads K1 Variable section AB This work calculates the collapse load factor and the collapse mechanism of 2D frames with slender structural members of variable section type and arbitrary distributed loads. A Kinematic Direct Method (KDM) is used for calculations. The equilibrium equations necessary to carry out the analysis are obtained systematically. The search for the collapse mechanism and the collapse load factor is carried out using an optimization method where the load factor is maximized. The following types of load are used: uniformly distributed loads, trapezoidal and sinusoidal distributed loads. PB Elsevier SN 0020-7462 YR 2024 FD 2024 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/68144 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/68144 LA eng NO International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2024, vol. 162, 104718 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 24-dic-2024