Experimental assessment of the behaviour of bolted T-stub connections made up of welded plates

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-311

  Girao Coelho, Ana M ^a   Bijlaard, Frans S K ^b   Gresnigt, Nol ^b   da Silva, Luís Simoes ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Component method; Deformation capacity; Experimental testing; High strength steel grade; Resistance; Steel connections; Stiffness; T stub; Welded profiles

Indexed keywords

BOLTED JOINTS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL RESEARCH; STIFFNESS;

STEEL GRADES;

WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

WELDED STEEL;

EID: 0344961386     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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