Design of chord sidewall failure in RHS joints using steel grades up to S960

• Main Authors: Lan, Xiaoyi, Wardenier, Jaap, Packer, Jeffrey A.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; X Joints; T Joints
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160109
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

It is well known that the current design rules adopted by international design codes such as ISO 14346 and design guides, e.g., the CIDECT design guide No. 3, for chord sidewall failure in mild steel rectangular hollow section (RHS) joints under brace axial compression are considerably conservative,...