Tubular Structures : Sixth International Symposium on Tubular Structures, Melbourne, Australia, 1994 Proceedings, Melbourne, Australia

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. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Preface Acknowledgements Table of Contents 1: Applications & Developments The Architectural Design of Tubular Steel Structures Innovative Lightweight Tubular Roof Structures Wide-Span and Heavily Loaded Tubular Structures - Examples for the Design Economical Structures with Hollow Sections Macrospan - A New Generation of Lightweight/Longspan Structures Roof Top Communication Towers 2: Innovations Hollow Flange Beams and Rectangular Hollow Sections Under Combined Bending and Bearing Slip-Joint Connections in Tubular Lighting and Other Poles Nailing of Steel Tubes Behavior and Design of Composite Lattice Girders with Concrete Slabs Cold Bending of Thin-Walled Cylindrical Tubes Static Strength Testing of a Plane Frame Using the Tin-Lead Alloy Technique Development of Pre-Engineered Connections for SSHS Load-Bearing Capacity of Bolted RHS Joints Under Static Tensile Load Improvement in the Flexural Capacity of Rectangular Hollow Sections by Through Bolt Stiffening A Review of the Factors Influencing the Cost of CUBIC Space Frame Nodal Connections The Strength of Ball Joints in Space Trusses - Part III An Economic Comparison of the Use of Open and Closed Section Columns in Low Rise Multi-Storey Buildings 3: Stability and Strength Rotation Requirement and Rotation Capacity of Rectangular, Square and Circular Hollow Section Beams Stability Aspects for Hollow Section Columns, Beams and Beam-Columns Equivalent Initial Bow Imperfections for Hollow Sections Static Strength of Transition Cones in Tubular Members Under Axial Compression and Internal Pressure 4: Design and Strength - Offshore Adaptive Standards for Fracture Control Comprehensive Guidance for the Design and Reassessment of Tubular Joints Significant Issues Related to the In-Plane Bending Strength of Circular Tubular Joints International Tubular Member Strength Formulations - A Common Basis Component-Based System Approaches for Jacket Reliability Assessment Underwater Strengthening, Modification and Repair Techniques - With and Without Diver or ROV Intervention 5: Vehicle Frames and Impact Hardening and Softening Characteristics of Tubular Cantilever Beams Under Dynamic Loading Shock Loading on a Tubular Structure Modelling the Structural Collapse of a Complex Bus Frame Made from Rectangular Hollow Sections Flexural Behaviour of Rectangular Tubular Sections Filled with Fibrous High Strength Concrete Void Filled Square Cantilever Steel Tubes Subjected to Gross Plastic Deformation Axial Compression of Hollow and Epoxy Filled Spot-Welded Thin-Walled Tubes 6: Composite Members High Strength Concrete in Thin Walled Circular Steel Sections Push Out Resistance of Concrete-Filled Tubes Creep and Shrinkage in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes A Re-Evaluation of the Fire Performance of Unprotected Concrete Filled SHS Columns Behaviour of Composite Columns in Fire 7: Beam-to-Column Connections Parametric Study on the Static Behaviour of I-Beam to Tubular Column Connections Under In-Plane Bending Moments CHS Column-to-Beam Connections Without Diaphragms Design of Fin Plate Connection to SHS Deformation Limit for the Ultimate Strength of Hollow Section Joints Structural Behaviour of Semi-Rigid Composite Joint Beam Connection to Concrete-Filled Tubes Strength of Unstiffened Connection Between Beams and Concrete Filled Tubular Column Load Introduction in Composite Columns Filled with High Strength Concrete I-Beam/Rectangular Hollow Section Column Connections Using the Flowdrill System Behaviour of SHS Column to H Beam Moment Connections with One Side Bolts 8: Expert Systems - Optimum Design Optimal Design of Cold-Formed Tubular Steel-Members Application of Expert Systems in the Optimum Design of Tubular Trusses of Belt-Conveyor Bridges Construction-Led Design of Tubular Trusses Using a Cost Model: Knowledge Acquisition and Representation Savings in Weight by Using CHS or SHS Instead of Angles in Compressed Struts and Trusses Topology Design of Tubular Structures with a Variety of Design Constraints 9: Ultimate Strength – joints A Parametric Study on the Out-of-Plane Bending Strength of T/ Y-joints Local Failure of Joints of New Truss System Using Rectangular Hollow Sections Subjected to Out-of-Plane Bending Moment Tests on CHS KK-Joints Under Anti-Symmetrical Loads Tests of K-Joints in Stainless Steel Square Hollow Sections with Superimposed Loads in the Chord Tests and Design of Butt Welds and Fillet Welds in Thin Cold-Formed RHS Members Investigation of Shear-Lag in Slotted HSS Tension Members 10: Fatigue and Repeated Loading Cyclic Behaviour of Pinned Tubes Capacity of CHS YT-Joints Under High Amplitude Cyclic Load Incremental Collapse of Hollow Sections Experimental Study on Ultimate Behavior of CHS Tubular X-Joints in Truss Structure Shakedown Analysis of Tubular Structures Behaviour of Embedded Type of Steel Column-Bases with Short Embedment Length Under Alternating Repeated Lateral Loading Fatigue in High-Strength Steel Offshore Tubular Joints Comparative Fatigue Tests on Hollow Section Joints (X- and K-Type) Made of High-Strength Steels Fatigue Crack Curvature Under the Weld Toe in a Tubular Joint Design Proposal for Multiplanar K-Joints with Gap Made of Rectangular Hollow Sections 11: Finite Element Analysis - Strength A Numerical Investigation into the Capacity of Overlapped Circular K-Joints Effect of the Hidden Weld on RHS Partial Overlap K Joint Capacity Effect of Overlap on Strength of K Joints in CHS Tubular Members An Interaction Approach Based on Brace and Chord Loading for Uniplanar Tubular T-Joints Influence of the Types of Welds on the Static Strength of RHS T- and X-joints Loaded in Compression Ultimate Strength of Cracked Tubular Joints 12: Strength Concentration and Fatigue Finite Element Analysis of a Tubular T-Joint Under Combined Axial and Bending Loading The Interaction Effects Between Braces on the SCFs of Multiplanar SHS Joints Stress Concentration Factors at Circular-to-Box Joints Stress and Strain Concentration Factors of Welded Tubular Joints Caused by Chord Loading Extrapolation Procedures for Determining SCFs in Mid-Surface Tubular Joint Models Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth in Tubular Joints Under CA Loading Supplement Assessment of Ductile Crack Development in Welded (Tubular) Joints Author Index Keyword Index