Parametric study and formulation of outer-brace geometric stress concentration factors in internally ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints of offshore structures
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Article Title | Parametric study and formulation of outer-brace geometric stress concentration factors in internally ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints of offshore structures |
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ERA Journal ID | 22096 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ahmadi, Hamid, Lotfollahi-Yaghin, Mohammad Ali, Yong-Bo, Shao and Aminfar, Mohammad H. |
Journal Title | Applied Ocean Research |
Journal Citation | 38, pp. 74-91 |
Year | Oct 2012 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0141-1187 |
1879-1549 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2012.07.004 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014111871200065X |
Abstract | In the present paper, results obtained from the FE analysis of 118 models, which were verified against the test data extracted from an experimental investigation, were used to study the effect of geometrical parameters on the chord-side stress concentration factors (SCFs) along the weld toe of the intersection between the outer (inclined) brace and the chord in internally ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints subjected to balanced axial loads. In this research program, geometrically parametric investigation was followed by the nonlinear regression analysis in order to establish a new set of SCF parametric equations for the fatigue design of internally ring-stiffened KT-joints. Although the tubular KT-joints are quite common in offshore structural design and despite the crucial role of SCFs in evaluating the fatigue performance of tubular joints, the SCFs in internally ring-stiffened KT-joints had not been investigated and no design equation was available to determine the SCFs for this type of joint. |
Keywords | Offshore jacket structure; Tubular KT-joint; Internal ring-stiffener; Stress concentration factor (SCF); Parametric equation |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401504. Ship and platform structures (incl. maritime hydrodynamics) |
400510. Structural engineering | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Tabriz, Iran |
Yantai University, China |
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