..., a theoretical model for predicting the strengths of T-joints reinforced with T-shaped stiffeners was developed. To estimate the stiffener strengths, the model postulates a ve-hinge collapse mechanism, which is analysed by way of the upper-bound theorem. At the position of the hinges, the stiffener is assumed...

...T J IBELL; C T MORLEY; C R MIDDLETON; BD44/95; BS 5400 © Thomas Telford and ICE 1998 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BRIDGES CONCRETE BEAM AND SLAB BEAMS SLABS SHEAR ASSESSMENT THREE DIMENSIONAL UPPER BOUNDS PLASTICITY SOLUTIONS TESTS METHODS CAPACITY PREDICTION MODELS THEORY...

... (Figs l(b) and l(c)) caused by peeling and debondinogf the plates, does not occur before the full flexural strength of the plate isdeveloped (see references3-5). As pointed out by Orr and Lynch,6 even when the yield strengthof the bonded plateis lower and upper bounds to the mag- achieved, the member...

...M RAOOF; Y P HUANG; YU PING HUANG © Thomas Telford and ICE 1992 SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY FREE BENDING CHARACTERISTICS AXIAL PRELOADED SPIRAL STRANDS PLANE SECTIONS STIFFNESS TRANSITION CURVATURE UPPER BOUNDS LOWER BOUNDS HYSTERESIS INTERWIRE FRICTION INTERLAYER...

... DISSIPATION PARAMETRIC STUDIES UPPER BOUNDS LOWER BOUNDS SPECIFIC DAMPING WIRE ROPES CABLES FORMULATION Simple methodsfor estimating various sheathed spiral strand bending characteristics M. Raoof, PhD, DIC, and Yu Ping Huang,BSc, MSc ~ Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs Structs & Bldgs. 1992, 94, Nov., 485...