Experimental study on the fatigue behaviour of welded tubular K-joints for bridges

Engineering Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 745-755

  Schumacher, Ann ^a   Nussbaumer, Alain ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bridge; Fatigue behaviour; Hot spot stress; S N curves; Size effect; Stress concentration factor; Welded tubular K joint

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TRUSSES;

CIRCULAR HOLLOW SECTION; HOT-SPOT STRESSES; SIZE EFFECT; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTOR; WELDED TUBULAR K-JOINT;

BRIDGES;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BRIDGES; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TRUSSES;

BRIDGE; WELDING;

EID: 30844433491     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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