Fatigue performance of cracked tubular T joints under combined loads. I: Experimental

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 562-571

  Chiew, Sing Ping ^a   Lie, Seng Tjhen ^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; Tests

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADS; COMBINED STRESS; T JOINTS; TUBULAR JOINTS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CYCLIC LOADS; FATIGUE TESTING; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 13844296426     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2004)130:4(562)     Document Type: Article

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