Classic brittle failures in large welded structures

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-127

  Hayes, B ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BEARING CAPACITY; BRIDGE COMPONENTS; BRIDGE DECKS; BRIDGES; BRITTLENESS; CRACKS; FRACTURE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

BRIDGE CHORD; BRITTLE FAILURE; TRUSS BRIDGE;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030171231     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-6307(96)00002-7     Document Type: Article

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