Behavior of internally ring-stiffened joints of offshore platforms

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1348-1352

  Thandavamoorthy, T S ^a   Madhava Rao, A G ^a   Santhakumar, A R ^b  

^a CSIR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFORMATION; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSION LOADINGS; RING STIFFENED JOINTS;

PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JOINT; OFFSHORE PLATFORM;

EID: 0345476330     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1999)125:11(1348)     Document Type: Article

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