Static strength of T-joints reinforced with doubler or collar plates. I: Experimental investigations

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-128

  Choo, Y S ^a   Van Der Vegte, G J ^b   Zettlemoyer, N ^c   Li, B H ^a   Liew, J Y R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial loads; Experimentation; Plates; Strength; T joints

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADS; COLLAR PLATES; EXPERIMENTATION; T JOINTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REINFORCEMENT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 12344251924     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2005)131:1(119)     Document Type: Article

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