Experimental and numerical stress analyses of tubular XT-joint

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1239-1248

  Chiew, Sing Ping ^a   Soh, Chee Kiong ^a   Wu, Nai Wen ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

INFLUENCE FUNCTION METHOD; TUBULAR XT-JOINTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

OFFSHORE PLATFORM; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTOR; STRESS-STRAIN ANALYSIS; TUBULAR JOINT;

EID: 0032730604     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1999)125:11(1239)     Document Type: Article

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