Fatigue design of welded very thin-walled SHS-to-plate joints under in-plane bending

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-151

  Mashiri, F R ^a   Zhao, X L ^a   Grundy, P ^a   Tong, L ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Classification method; Fatigue design; Hot spot stress method; S N curve; Stress concentration factor; Thin walled section; Tubular joint; Welded connectionA

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LOADS (FORCES); PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WELDING;

CLASSIFICATION METHOD; FATIGUE DESIGN; HOT SPOT STRESS METHOD; S-N CURVE; THIN WALLED SECTION; WELDED CONNECTION;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 1642408747     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8231(01)00056-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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