Fig 1.
(a) J1;(b)J2;(c)T1;(d)T2;(e)T3.
Fig 2.
Details dimensions of tubular connectors(dimensions in mm).
Table 1.
Specimen components.
Table 2.
Material parameters of specimens.
Fig 3.
Experimental set-up for specimens.
Fig 4.
Diagram of strain gage and displacement meter.
Fig 5.
Failure modes of specimens of group J.
(a) J1; (b) J2.
Fig 6.
Failure modes of specimens of group T.
(a) T1; (b) T2; (c) T3.
Fig 7.
(a) J group;(b) T group.
Fig 8.
(a) J group;(b) T group.
Table 3.
Plastic rotation, initial rotational stiffness and yield stiffness for specimens.
Fig 9.
(a) J group;(b) T group.
Fig 10.
Principle diagram of Y&K method.