Effect of brace wall thickness and weld size on stress intensity factors for welded tubular T-joints

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-182

  Lie, S T ^a   Li, G ^a   Cen, Z ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BEM FEM; Coupling; Semi elliptical Crack; Tubular welded joints

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; TUBULAR T-JOINTS; WELD SIZE;

WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0033903970     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-974X(99)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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