Design of Welded Steel Tubular Connections

钢管广泛应用于建筑、道路运输、国防、娱乐、农业等行业。拟议的计划将制定焊管连接的静态设计程序，以确保安全和经济的结构。该计划还将研究一种流行的管状连接的性能，利用非常高强度的钢管来扩展现有的设计范围，并提高澳大利亚生产的创新管型材的利用率。此外，还将研究钢管的缺口韧性，以避免焊接接头在动载作用下的断裂失效。该项目将在多伦多大学和莫纳什大学之间建立强有力的持续合作。

Steel tubes are widely used in building, road transportation, defence, recreation, and agriculture industries. The proposed program will develop static design procedures for welded tubular connections to ensure safe and economic structures. The program will also investigate the behaviour of a popular tubular connection utilizing very high strength steel tubes to extend the existing design scope and enhance the utilization of Australian produced innovative tubular sections. The notch toughness of steel tubes will also be investigated to avoid fracture failure of welded connections under dynamic loading. The program will build strong ongoing collaboration between University of Toronto and Monash University.