Hysteretic behaviour of square tubular T-joints with chord reinforcement under axial cyclic loading

• Main Authors: Shao, Yong-Bo, Li, Tao, Lie, Seng Tjhen, Chiew, Sing Ping
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106113; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/23933; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2010.08.001
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The stiffness of hollow section tubular joints is weak in the chord radial direction, and thus failure frequently occurs at the weld toe in the form of brittle fracture caused by crack propagation due to cyclic loading. To avoid such brittle failure, the chord at the intersection can be reinforced b...