Stress and strain concentration factors of completely overlapped tubular K(N) joints

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-29

  Gho, W M ^a   Fung, T C ^a   Soh, C K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Joints; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELASTICITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN GAGES; STRESSES;

FATIGUE RESISTANCE; STRAIN CONCENTRATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTOR (SCF); TUBULAR JOINTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 4644296297     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2003)129:1(21)     Document Type: Article

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