ABSTRACT

Tubular structures remain a source of architectural inspiration and practical solutions to difficult performance specifications. New developments are covered in this text, which contains papers on design innovations and applications presented at an international symposium held in Australia in 1994.

part 2|96 pages

Innovations

chapter |8 pages

Nailing of steel tubes

part 4|53 pages

Design and strength – Offshore

part 5|51 pages

Vehicle frames and impact

part 7|82 pages

Beam-to-column connections

part 8|33 pages

Expert systems – Optimum design

part 9|49 pages

Ultimate strength – Joints

part 10|79 pages

Fatigue and repeated loading

chapter |6 pages

Cyclic behaviour of pinned tubes

part 11|56 pages

Finite element analysis–Strength

part 12|51 pages

Strength concentration and fatigue