Tubular Structures XV

Content: Preface  Publications of previous international symposia on tubular structures  Organization  Acknowledgements      ISTS Kurobane Lecture    Tubular joints - NUS research and applications  Y.S. Choo     Architecture, applications and case studies    Tensegrity chandeliers for a shopping street in the Hague NL  M. Eekhout    New velodrome in Medellin (Colombia)  X. Aguilo & J. Goma    Reconstruction of a school building inWolfsburg, Germany  H. Pasternak, M. Moradi Eshkafti & T. Krausche    Structural design of the roof structure for the SwissTech convention center in Lausanne  C. Pirazzi, M. Bosso, G. Guscetti, O. Fleischer & S. Herion    MyZeil Frankfurt - Design and execution of the architectural building envelope  R. Stroetmann    Where tubular structures fail - examples from one engineer's experience  R.H. Keays    PREON box - The speedy tool for industrial hall constructions  N. Genge, C. Remde, K.Weynand & J. Kuck     Composite tubular structures    Study on the cracking behavior of Concrete Filled Steel Tube (CFST) for tall bridge piers subjected to horizontal cyclic loading  M. Zhou, X.G. Liu, J.S. Fan & J.G. Nie    Circular double-tube concrete-filled tubular columns with ultra-high strength concrete  M.L. Romero, A. Espinos, A. Hospitaler, J.M. Portoles & C. Ibanez    Experimental study of beam to concrete filled elliptical steel column connections  T. Sheehan, J. Yang, X.H. Dai & D. Lam    Effect of bolt gauge distance on the behaviour of anchored blind bolted connection to concrete filled tubular structures  M. Mahmood,W. Tizani & C. Sansour    Beam to concrete-filled rectangular hollow section column joints using long bolts  V.L. Hoang, J.F. Demonceau & J.P. Jaspart    Influence of outer diameter in confinement effect of CFT sections under bending  A.A. Valls & J.M. Carreras    Casting of composite concrete-filled steel tube beams with self-consolidating concrete  J.M. Flor, R.H. Fakury, R.B. Caldas, F.C. Rodrigues & A.H.M. de Araujo    Analytical behaviour of concrete-encased CFST column to steel beam joints  W. Li,W.W. Qian, L.H. Han & X.L. Zhao    Composite columns made of concrete filled circular hollow sections in fire case and with restrained thermal elongation - numerical and experimental analysis  T.A.C. Pires, J.P.C. Rodrigues & J.J.R. Silva    Buckling resistance of concrete-filled steel circular tube columns composed of high-strength materials  M. Karmazinova    Time-dependent response of three-hinged CFST arches  M.A. Bradford & Y.-L. Pi     Earthquake resistance    Elliptical-hollow-section braces under cyclic axial loading  Y.M. Huai, T.M. Chan & W.Wang    Seismic response and damage distribution of concrete filled steel tube frame  K. Goto    Seismic design of partially concrete-filled steel tubular columns with enhanced ductility  I.H.P. Mamaghani     Fire resistance    Optimal economic design of unprotected circular concrete-filled steel tubular columns at ambient temperature and under fire condition  D. Hernandez-Figueirido, A. Piquer, J.M. Portoles, A. Hospitaler & J.M. Montalva    Structural analysis of tubular truss in fire J.A. Diez Albero, T. Tiainen, K. Mela & M. Heinisuo    Effects of truss behavior on critical temperatures of welded steel tubular truss members exposed to fire  E. Ozyurt & Y.C.Wang    Fire performance of innovative slender concrete filled steel tubular columns  A. Espinos, M.L. Romero, E. Serra, V. Albero & A. Hospitaler     Impact, blast and robustness    Experimental and theoretical development for pipe-in-pipe composite specimens under impact  X. Qian & Y.Wang    Field blast testing and FE modelling of RHS members  C. Ritchie, J.A. Packer, M. Seica & X.L. Zhao    Behaviour of reverse channel tension zone subjected to impact loads  P. Barata, J. Ribeiro, A. Santiago & M.C. Rigueiro     Offshore structures    Tubular based support structures for offshore wind turbines  J. Muglitz, S.Weise, J. Hermann, U. Muckenheim & K.A. Buscher    Stinger design for Pioneering Spirit - the world's largest pipelay vessel  Y. Yu, J. van der Sman & J. van Lammeren    Comparative assessment of the design of tubular elements according to offshore design standards and Eurocode 3  T. Manco, J.P. Martins, L.S. da Silva & M.C. Rigueiro     Stainless and high strength steel structures    Low cycle fatigue of high-strength steel tubes with longitudinal attachments  J. Hrabowski, S. Herion & T. Ummenhofer    Local and local-overall buckling behaviour of welded stainless steel box section columns  H.X. Yuan, X.X. Du, Y.Q.Wang, Y.J. Shi, L. Gardner & L. Yang    Experimental investigation of cold-formed high strength steel tubular sections undergoing web crippling  H.T. Li & B. Young    Behaviour of eccentrically loaded ferritic stainless steel stub columns  O. Zhao, L. Gardner, B. Rossi & B. Young    CFRP strengthened cold-formed stainless steel tubular sections subjected to concentrated loading under ITF loading condition  F. Zhou, P. Huang & H. Peng    Tests on ferritic stainless steel simply supported and continuous SHS and RHS beams  I. Arrayago, E. Real & E. Mirambell    Behaviour of bridging mega-truss tubular structures fabricated from S690 steel plates: Part I - Structural aspects  S.P. Chiew, K.W. Cheng & C.K. Lee    Behaviour of bridging mega-truss tubular structures fabricated from S690 steel plates: Part II - Material aspects  K.W. Cheng, S.P. Chiew & C.K. Lee    Compressive behavior of innovative hollow long fabricated columns utilizing high strength and ultra-high strength tubes  F. Javidan, A. Heidarpour, X.L. Zhao & J. Minkkinen    Innovative corrugated hollow columns utilizing ultra high strength steel tubes  M. Nassirnia, A. Heidarpour, X.L. Zhao & J. Minkkinen    New experimental determination of fatigue strength of tubular truss joints in steel grades up to S690  S. Herion, T. Ummenhofer, M. Veselcic, F. Zamiri & A. Nussbaumer     Connections    Stress concentration factors of square bird-beak SHS T-joints under brace axial loading  B. Cheng, Q. Qian, J.C. Zhao, Z.A. Lu & X.L. Zhao    Experimental evaluation of the directional strength increase for fillet welds to rectangular hollow sections  J.A. Packer, M. Sun, P. Oatway & G.S. Frater    Investigation of weld effective length rules for RHS overlapped K-connections  K. Tousignant & J.A. Packer    Experimental investigation of built-in replaceable links in external diaphragm connection between steel I-beam and CHS column  M. Khador & T.M. Chan    Structural behaviour of T RHS joints subjected to chord axial force  A. Nizer, L.R.O. de Lima, P.C.G. da S. Vellasco, S.A.L. de Andrade, E. da S. Goulart, A.T. da Silva & L.F. da C. Neves    Influence of tensile chord stresses on the strength of CHS X-joints - Experimental and numerical investigations  A. Lipp & T. Ummenhofer    Tension testing of welds for X-joints with CHS branches to SHS chord  W.Wang, Q. Gu & J.J.Wang    Influence of the vent hole shape on the strength of RHS K-joints in galvanized lattice girders. A numerical study  M.A. Serrano-Lopez, C. Lopez-Colina, J. Diaz-Gomez, F. Lopez-Gayarre & G. Iglesias-Toquero    Design of hollow section joints using the component method J.P. Jaspart & K.Weynand    Numerical study of through plate-to-CHS connections A.P. Voth & J.A. Packer    A new design equation for side wall buckling of RHS truss X-joints  J. Becque & T.Wilkinson    Performance of non-diaphragm joint of H-beam to RHS column with partially thickened wall  Y. Chen, L. Zhang & W. Jiao    Analysis of the possible failure modes in CSH bolted sleeve connections  L.R. Amparo, A.M. Sarmanho, A.H.M. de Araujo & J.A.V. Requena    RHS beam-to-column connection: Experimental analysis of innovative bolted typology  G.B. dos Santos, E. de M. Batista & A.H.M. de Araujo    Finite element simulations of 450 grade cold formed K and N joints  M. Mohan & T.Wilkinson    Axially loaded K joints made of thin-walled rectangular hollow sections  O. Fleischer, R. Puthli, T. Ummenhofer & J.Wardenier    T joints with chords made of triangular hollow sections  O. Fleischer, S. Herion, T. Ummenhofer, D. Ungermann, B. Brune & P. Dissel    Reduction of fillet weld sizes  O. Fleischer & S. Herion    Welding simulation of tubular K-joints in steel S690QH  F. Zamiri, J.-M. Drezet & A. Nussbaumer    Experimental investigation of the static capacity of grade C450 RHS K and N truss joints  Z. Yao & T.Wilkinson    Through-bolts to control ovalization of CHS T-joints under brace member compressive loads  M.A. Mohamed, A.A. Shaat & E.Y. Sayed-Ahmed    Experimental study on static behavior of multi-planar overlapped CHS KK-joints  X.Z. Zhao, S.S. Han, K.H. Hu, Y.Y. Chen & A.H.Wu    Tubular joints with welder-optimized CJP-equivalent welds under high-cycle fatigue loading  X. Qian & P.W. Marshall    Assessment and representation of ductile fracture failure for welded tubular joints  X. Qian    Application of theWeibull stress approach to the prediction of brittle fracture originating from defects at the ends of groove-welded joints  T. Iwashita & K. Azuma    Recent research developments in China on fatigue behaviour of welded joints of concrete-filled tubular trusses  L.W. Tong, K.P. Chen & X.L. Zhao    Fatigue behaviour and detailing of slotted tubular connection  C. Baptista, L. Borges, S. Yadav & A. Nussbaumer    Performance of tube-based moment connections under cyclic loads  D.Wei, J. McCormick, M. Hartigan & M. Fadden    Effect of the secondary bending moment on K-joint capacity  T. Bjork, N. Tuominen & T. Lahde     Structural behaviour of cross-sections and members    Assessment of Eurocode 9 slenderness limits for elements in compression  M. Su, B. Young & L. Gardner    Design strength of LDSS flat oval stub column under pure axial compression  K. Sachidananda & K.D. Singh    A new design method for hollow steel sections: the Overall Interaction Concept  J. Nseir, E. Saloumi, M. Hayeck & N. Boissonnade    Experimental characterization of the rotational capacity of hollow structural shapes  E. Saloumi, M. Hayeck, J. Nseir & N. Boissonnade    Effects of cyclic loading on occurrence of brittle fracture in notched specimens  T. Iwashita & K. Azuma    The effect of steel strip on the quality of cold-formed hollow sections  P. Ritakallio    Considerations in the design and fabrication of tubular steel transmission structures  R.M. Slocum    The continuous strength method for circular hollow sections  C. Buchanan, L. Gardner & A. Liew    Use of Ramberg-Osgood material laws in the finite element modeling of cold-formed tubes  M. Hayeck, J. Nseir, E. Saloumi & N. Boissonnade    Strength and ductility evaluation of steel tubular columns under cyclic multiaxial loading  I.H.P. Mamaghani, B. Dorose & F. Ahmad    Experimental study and associated analysis of inner-stiffened cold-formed SHS steel columns  A.Z. Zhu, H.P. Zhu & Y. Lu    On the first order and buckling behaviour of thin-walled regular polygonal tubes  R. Goncalves & D. Camotim    CFRP strengthened square hollow section subject to pure torsion  J. Sharrock, C.Wu & X.L. Zhao    Author index