Abstract: This paper presents the failure pattern, the ultimate strength, and the stress concentration factor of unstiffened T-joints obtained from experimental and numerical investigations conducted on them ...

Abstract: Steel ribbed bars with low carbon content and higher ductility, having different chemical composition and mechanical properties, and produced by a different manufacturing technique called the

Abstract: The paper presents in detail the experimental and numerical investigations on tubular joints that are stiffened internally with three annular rings in order to study their behaviors and evaluate ...

Abstract: As part of a larger experimental program on assessment and rehabilitation of damaged, internally ring-stiffened, steel tubular joints of offshore platforms, experimental investigation was carried out on undamaged, internally ...