CHENG Rui, HUANG Zongming, WANG Huaifu. Parametric Study and Design of the Ultimate Strength of Tubegusset Plate Connections[J]. Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009, 31(2).
CHENG Rui, HUANG Zongming, WANG Huaifu. Parametric Study and Design of the Ultimate Strength of Tubegusset Plate Connections[J]. Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009, 31(2). DOI: 10.11835/j.issn.1674-4764.2009.02.001.
The tubegusset plate connections are widely used in electric transmission towers. However
there is little technical information regarding the behavior of tubegusset plate connections. Thus
a analytical parametric study was conducted to investigate the behavior of tubegusset plate connections. The analytical results were compared with the existing experimental results. It was found that the finite element analysis results were in good agreement with the experimental results. In the parametric study
the effects of geometry
chord load and stiffener on the ultimate strength were considered. Based on the analytical results
a design method for predicting the ultimate strength of tubegusset connections was proposed