Plastic consideration on punching shear strength of tubular joints

Abstract

An alternative procedure is presented for calculating the punching shear strength of a tubular joint. The development is based on the fully plastic consideration of the, chord member. Both in-plane and out-ofplane bending moments are considered in the formulation. The results indicate that, for certain combinations of loads, the proposed approach yields a more rational and economical joint design compared to the current API approach.