BS7910:2005 failure assessment diagram (FAD) on cracked circular hollow section (CHS) welded joints

Advanced Steel Construction

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 406-420

  Lie, S T ^a   Yang, Z M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Circular hollow section (CHS); Crack; Failure assessment diagram (FAD); Fracture toughness; K joint; Plastic collapse load; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CHORD DIAMETER; CIRCULAR HOLLOW SECTION; CODES OF PRACTICE; CORRECTION FACTORS; CRACK FAILURE; FAILURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM; FATIGUE CRACKS; K-JOINT; LEVEL 2; METALLIC STRUCTURES; PLASTIC COLLAPSE LOAD; SURFACE CRACKS; TUBULAR K-JOINTS; TUBULAR WELDED JOINT; WELDED JOINTS;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLASTICS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SURFACE DEFECTS; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDING; WELDS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 77952919799     PISSN: 1816112X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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