Static strength of T-joints reinforced with doubler or collar plates. II: Numerical simulations

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-138

  Van Der Vegte, G J ^a   Choo, Y S ^b   Liang, J X ^b   Zettlemoyer, N ^c   Liew, J Y R ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimentation; Finite element method; Plates; Simulation; Strength; T joints

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALGORITHMS; EXPERIMENTATION; MESH DENSITY; T JOINTS;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DEFORMATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REINFORCEMENT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 12344298512     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2005)131:1(129)     Document Type: Article

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