Fatigue behavior of T-joints: Square chords and circular braces

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 399-404

  Gandhi, P ^a   Berge, Stig ^b  

^a CSIR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CIRCULAR BRACES; SQUARE CHORDS; T JOINTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0032048201     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1998)124:4(399)     Document Type: Article

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