Joint slip in steel electric transmission towers

Engineering Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 779-788

  Ungkurapinan, N ^a   Chandrakeerthy, S R De S ^b   Rajapakse, R K N D ^c   Yue, S B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Transmission and Civil Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bearing type joint; Bolted joint; Construction clearance; Electric transmission tower; Experimental joint behaviour; Joint deformation; Joint slip

Indexed keywords

BOLTED JOINTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; GALVANIZED METAL; SHEAR STRESS; STEEL; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

JOINT SLIPS;

ELECTRIC TOWERS;

DEFORMATION; JOINT; SHEAR; STEEL; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0037402843     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(03)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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