RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Limit analysis of planar steel frames with variable section type and arbitrary loads A1 Cacho-Pérez, M. K1 Plastic hinge; Planar steel frames; Collapse load factor; Collapse mechanism; Arbitrary distributed loads; 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 spa NO International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. Volume 162, June 2024, 104718 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 29-jun-2024