PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TUBULAR STRUCTURESSINGAPORE/ 26-28 AUGUST 1998

TubularStructures VIIIEdited by

Y.S.CHOOCAEICADICAM Centre, National University of Singapore

G.J.VANDERVEGTEInstitute of High Performance Computing, SingaporeDelft University of Technology, Netherlands

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A. A. BALKEMA/ROTTERDAM/BROOKPIELD/1998

Tubular Structures VIII, Choo & Van der Vegte (eds) © 1998 Balkema, Rotterdam, ISBN 90 5809 0019

Table of contents

Preface XI

Organisation XIII

Acknowledgements XV

Kurobane lecture

Improvement of I beam-to-RHS column moment connections for avoidance of brittle fracture 3Y. Kurobane

Papers in plenary sessions

The storm surge barrier in the 'Nieuwe Waterweg' near Rotterdam: Design aspects 21J. S. Leendertz

The storm surge barrier in the 'Nieuwe Waterweg' near Rotterdam, Netherlands: Fabrication 31and assembling of the tubular trussesAZondervan

State of the art of profiling technology for CHS tubular connections 41P.C.Glijnis

The adventures of ZAPPI in the world of tubular structures 51M. Eekhout

Tubular structures in railway architecture in the Netherlands 63H. H. Snijder & L. I. Vdkdr

Design of prestressed roof structure suspended from tubular steel towers 73K. Ikago, K. Hara & K. Ukai

SPACES: Structural behaviour and characteristics of a composite tubular steel space frame 81bridge deck systemA K Churchman & J. M. C. Cadei

Aluminium multi-planar hollow section traffic sign structures 89F.Soetens & W.M.G.Courage

Fatigue design of welded aluminium rectangular hollow section joints 95P.J.Haagensen & KAMacdonald

New code formulations for tubular joint static strength 107AF.Dier & M.Lalani

Commentary on the draft specification for fatigue design of hollow section joints 117AM.van Wingerde, J.Wardenier & J. A Packer

Static strength

Experimental study of a full-scale multiplanar tubular XT-joint 131T.K.Chan, C.K.Soh & T.CFung

Static strength of T-joints reinforced with doubler or collar plates 139Y.S.Choo, B.H.Li, G.J.van der Vegte, N.Zettlemoyer & J.Y.R.Liew

Ultimate strength of ring stiffened T-joints - A theoretical model 147M. M. K. Lee & A Llewelyn-Parry

The static behaviour of multiplanar XX-joints loaded with in-plane bending moments 157and axial forcesY.Yu, D.KLiu & J.Wardenier

Fundamental behaviour of rectangular hollow sections with web openings 167D.J.Ridley-Ellis, G.Davies &J.S.Owen

Tests of stiffened and unstiffened welded knee connections in cold-formed RHS 177T.Wilkinson & G.J.Hancock

Tests of bolted and internal sleeve knee connections in cold-formed RHS 187T.Wilkinson & G.J.Hancock

Investigations on stiffened and unstiffened L-joints made of circular hollow sections 197R.Puthli, F.Mang & D.Karcher

Introduction to the database of gusset-plate to CHS tube joints 203MAriyoshi, S.R.Wilmshurst, Y.Makino, G.J.van der Vegte & Y.S.Choo

A new ultimate capacity formula for unstiffened CHS T-, TT-, X-, K- and KK-joints 213under axial brace loadsY.Yamada,M.Morita, Y.Makino & S.R.Wilmshurst

Effect of boundary conditions and chord preload on the strength of RHS uniplanar 223gap K-jointsD.K.Liu, Y.Yu & J.Wardenier

Effect of boundary conditions and chord preload on the strength of RHS multiplanar 231gap KK-jointsD.K.Liu, Y.Yu & J.Wardenier

Current understanding of completely overlap tubular joints 239T.CFung, CKSoh,LY.Cheung & W.M.Gho

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Effect of overlap on the behaviour of axially loaded CHS K-joints 249E. M. Dexter & M. M. K. Lee

Ultimate capacity of axially loaded K-joints in CHS 259E. M. Dexter & M. M. K. Lee

Static strength tests of CHS KT-joints under axial loading 269S.R.Wilmshurst, M.Morita, S.Sakae, Y.Makino & Y.Kurobane

The effects of weld size on the ultimate strength of a double-tee tubular joint under brace axial 277compression or bendingCT.Kang, D.G. Moffat, J. Mistry & K.T.Ong

Load-displacement characterisation and prediction for combined loading of a YT tubular 285joint with and without fillet weldT.H.Hyde &S.B.Leen

A critical assessment of the finite element method for predicting the static strength of tubular 293T- and YT-jointsT.H.Hyde, S.B.Saad, Y.Khalid, S.B.Leen&N.AWarrior

Fatigue strength

Prediction of stress concentration factors in in-plane moment loaded tubular K-joints 305M. M. K. Lee & M. R. Morgan

Fatigue design and secondary bending moments in RHS K-joints with gap 315S.Herion&R.Puthli

Nominal stress range fatigue of stainless steel fillet welds 323K. E. Lahti, E. Niemi & H. Hdnninen

Effects of weld profile on the fatigue life of thin-walled cruciform joint 331F.R.Mashiri, X.LZhao & P.Grundy

Analysis of cracked T-tubular welded joints using finite and boundary element methods 341SJ.Lie&G.Li

J estimation method for through cracked tubular T-joints 347B.Wang, N.Hu, Y.Makino & Y.Kurobane

Factors affecting the fracture mechanics assessment of a cracked offshore tubular joint 353D. Bowness & M. M. K. Lee

Guidance on the selection of stress intensity factor solutions for fracture mechanics 361assessment of cracked offshore tubular jointsD. Bowness & M. M. K. Lee

Members and columns

Dynamic failure of bent tubular cantilevers under dynamic tip loading 373B.Wang, M.H.Yang & W.C.Fok

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Cyclic inelastic behavior of compact steel tubular columns 381I.H.P.Mamaghani & Y.Kajikawa

Void-filled SHS beams subjected to high amplitude cyclic bending 391X.LZhao, R.Grzebieta & E.Sironic

Optimum design and comparison of hollow flange beams 399KJdrmai, J.Farkas & T.Liszkai

Compact or Class 1 limits for rectangular hollow sections in bending 409T.Wilkinson & G.J.Hancock

Influence of boundary conditions on the modeling of steel CHS columns 417Y.X.Dong&S.P.Chiew

Service load deformations of concrete-filled steel RHS sections 425M. A Bradford

Use of tubular steel columns for high rise construction - A case study 433H. P.Lai

The behaviour of cold-formed slender square hollow section beam-columns 445R.M.Sully & G.J.Hancock

Frames

Study on out-of-plane rotational stiffness of CHS joints and effective column length of web 457members in CHS lattice girderY.Furukawa, Y.Makino & Y.Kurobane

Advanced inelastic analysis for the design of tubular structures 465/. Y. R. Liew, L. K. Tang &Y.S. Choo

The elastic buckling behaviour of cellular columns 473SJ.Wilkinson, KRoodbaraky & G.Davies

Optimum design of a statically indeterminate tubular truss 481J.Farkas & KJdrmai

Fire

The performance in fire of concrete filled SHS columns protected by Intumescent paint 491M. Edwards

The effects of fire curves on the temperature of steel tubular members 499M.B.Wong&J.I.Ghojel

Buckling strength of steel tubular frames under fire 505N. L Patterson & M. B. Wong

Advanced structural fire design of offshore structures 511T.Holmas & J.Amdahl

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Connections

Tests of portal frames in cold-formed RHS 521T.Wilkinson & G.J.Hancock

Rotation capacity of joints for beam-to-column RR and RI welded connections 531/. Szlendak

Design model for bolted moment end plate connections joining rectangular hollow sections 539AT.Wheeler, M.J.Clarke, G.J.Hancock & T.M.Murray

Finite element modelling of bolted moment end plate connections in tubular members 549AT.Wheeler, M.J.Clarke & G.J.Hancock

Rectangular hollow section column connections using the Lindapter HolloBolt 559N.F.Yeomans

CHS column connections without stiffener 567T.Kamba & C.Taclendo

Study of structural strength of column joints reinforced by welding ring-stiffeners in steel 577tubular transmission towersE.Hongo, T.Fukasawa & Y.Matsuo

Experimental study of structural behavior of beam-to-column connections reinforced 585by increasing plate thickness of column without diaphragmsK.Morita, KEbato, KFurusawa, KFujita & K.Hamano

Study on beam to box column connections with split diaphragms 595KFukuda, MJabuchi & F.Otake

A moment-rotation model for connections of H-beams to concrete filled RHS columns 605AKawano & C.Matsui

On the behaviour and design of composite column to beam connections under seismic loads 615J. G.Beutel,D.P. Thambiratnam & N. J. Per era

High strength steel RHS, domestic flooring system 625MAlikhail,XL.Zhao,LKoss, P.Grundy, H.Dagg &AShield

Experimental study of connections between longitudinal plates and RHS columns 635J.J. Cao, J.A Packer & N. Kosteski

Parametric finite element study of connections between longitudinal plates and RHS columns 645J.J.Cao, J.A Packer & N. Kosteski

Author index 655

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