Fatigue tests and design of welded T connections in thin cold-formed square hollow sections under in-plane bending

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1413-1422

  Mashiri, Fidelis Rutendo ^a   Zhao, Xiao Ling ^a   Grundy, Paul ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connections, welded; Cyclic loads; Failure modes; Hollow sections; Stress concentration; Thin wall sections

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

FAILURE MODES; FATIGUE DESIGN RULES; HOLLOW SECTIONS;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 7744242471     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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