Multi-Axes Fatigue Tests of Tubular T-Joints under Complex Loads

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn 12, Issue , 2002, Pages 103-110

  Chiew, S P ^a   Lie, S T ^a   Huang, Z W ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK PROPAGATION; CYCLIC LOADS; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EXTRAPOLATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

AXIAL LOADING; OUT-OF-PLANE BENDING (OPB);

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 1842530742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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