SCF design equations for steel multiplanar tubular XT-joints

Structural Engineer

Volumn 74, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 215-221

  Chiew, S P ^a   Soh, C K ^a   Soh, A K ^a   Fung, T C ^a   Lee, W M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WELDS;

HOTSPOT STRESSES; STEEL MULTIPLANAR TUBULAR JOINTS; STRAIN CONCENTRATION FACTOR; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTOR;

TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030564423     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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