Abstract: An analytical model of dented tubular members is constructed. Using this model, an ultimate strength interaction relationship between axial force and biaxial bending moments is derived. The ...

Abstract: The Idealized Structural Unit Method [1, 2] is applied to the analysis of nonlinear behavior of three-dimensional offshore tubular frames. To this purpose the “tubular structural unit” is developed ...

Abstract: In tubular frames with simple joints, joints may show considerable flexibility in the elastic as well as the elastic-plastic ranges. Such flexibility may have large effects on the behavior of ...