Abstract: An investigation of the ultimate strength of tubular joints has been carried out in order to develop an analytical method that provides a rational basis for the design of tubular joints. In this paper, the ultimate strength ...

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study the stress concentration factors of doubler plate reinforced tubular T joints subjected to various types of basic loading such as axial tension, axial compression, and in-plane and ...

Abstract: This paper describes a numerical method to determine the lower-bound solution of limit load of a rigid–perfectly plastic body obeying the von Mises yield criterion. The idea of this method is to construct a smoothed linear ...

Abstract: To ensure structural integrity after modification and/or retrofitting, the behavior of strengthened tubular joints needs to be understood. The finite-element method is a useful tool for studying the problem. However, this ...