Behaviour of gusset plate connections to ends of round and elliptical hollow structural section members

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-383

  Willibald, S ^a   Packer, J A ^a   Martinez Saucedo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connection; Elliptical; Gusset plate; Hollow section; Round; Shear lag; Tear out failure; Tube

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CONNECTORS (STRUCTURAL); FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

GUSSET PLATE CONNECTIONS; HOLLOW STRUCTURAL SECTION; SHEAR LAG; STRUCTURAL SECTION MEMBERS; TEAR-OUT FAILURE;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BUCKLING; CONNECTORS (STRUCTURAL); FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

DESIGN; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

EID: 33747066100     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L05-052     Document Type: Article

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