Method of manufacturing a structural joint (1) for use in a multi-membered supporting structure (1010) that is to be subjected to
cyclic loading, the method comprising the steps of: - providing for a plurality of structural members, wherein said plurality of structural members comprises at least a first tubular structural member (110); - positioning said plurality of structural members (110, 120, 130) with respect to each other in a predefined arrangement that corresponds to a predefined geometry of the structural joint that is to be manufactured; - forming a fibre-reinforced
polymer connecting member (20) onto respective portions of the plurality of structural members in a transitional area covering and thus bonding together those portions of the plurality of structural members that together with the fibre-reinforced
polymer connecting member form the structural joint between the respective structural members, wherein the step of forming the fibre-reinforced
polymer connecting member comprises the following steps, in any suitable order: o providing a plurality of three-dimensional preforms (21a - 25d), wherein a three-dimensional preform is three-dimensionally formed, preferably prior to arranging said three-dimensional preforms onto the respective portions of the plurality of structural members in the transitional area, from a stack of plies (310) comprising a plurality of at most partially impregnated planar plies of fibre-reinforcement material (311, 312, 313) that are stacked and mutually interconnected, wherein at least one three-dimensional preform of said plurality of three-dimensional preforms comprises at least a first receiving section that is substantially channel-shaped for receiving the first tubular structural member of said plurality of structural members therein, preferably wherein said receiving section has a cross-section that comprises at least a substantially C-, L-, V-, U- and / or J-shaped portion; o covering the respective portions of the plurality of structural members in at least a part of the transitional area by positioning said three-dimensional preforms in a predefined arrangement, such that the first tubular structural member of the plurality of structural members is received in the first receiving section of the at least one three-dimensional preform of said plurality of three-dimensional preforms; o
wetting, after the step of covering, the three-dimensional preforms with a curable resin and allowing the wetted predefined arrangement of three-dimensional preforms to cure for forming the structural joint between the respective structural members.