...M M K LEE; A LLEWELYN PARRY; A L PARRY © Thomas Telford and ICE 1999 WALES UNIVERSITY SWANSEA OFFSHORE STRUCTURES T JOINTS JOINTS TUBULAR RINGS STIFFENED STRENGTH PREDICTION MODELS THEORY THEORETICAL STIFFNESS RESEARCH ASSESSMENT STRUCTURAL PLATFORMS STATIC...

.... The effect of cracks in T-joints was found to be much more significant than similar cracks in Y- and YT-joints. Compressive axial brace loading showed no significant effect of the cracks on static strength. However, significant reductions were obtained under tensile axial loading and out-of-plane bending...

...H FESSLER; T H HYDE; Y A KHALID © Thomas Telford and ICE 1996 NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY JOINTS YT JOINTS CORNERS BRACES ADJACENT EFFECT STRENGTH STATIC TIN LEAD ALLOYS T BRACES Y BRACES T JOINTS Y JOINTS MODELS TESTS LOADING LOADS SHAPE GEOMETRY OFFSHORE STRUCTURES...

...H FESSLER; T H HYDE; Y A KHALID © Thomas Telford and ICE 1996 NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY JOINTS T JOINTS Y JOINTS TUBULAR STATIC STRENGTH LOADING BENDING COMBINED AXIAL TIN LEAD ALLOYS MODELS LOADS PURE COMPRESSION TENSION GEOMETRY MODELLING BRACES PROPORTIONAL SHAPE...

... performed a limited investigation asfollows. (a) Only doubler plates, and not gussets, were considered. (b) Both chord and brace were assumed to be circular hollow sections. (c) Only T joints (i.e. brace perpendicular to chord) were considered. l Fig. 2. Tubular joint reinforced with gusset plates LGusset...