Fatigue performance of cracked tubular T joints under combined loads. II: Numerical

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 572-581

  Lie, Seng Tjhen ^a   Chiew, Sing Ping ^a   Lee, Chi King ^a   Huang, Zhi Wei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Axial loads; Bending; Combined stress; Cracking; Fatigue; T joints

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADS; COMBINED STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT MESH; T JOINTS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 13844276732     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2004)130:4(572)     Document Type: Article

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