Stress concentration due to in-plane bending (IPB) loads in ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints of offshore structures: Parametric study and design formulation
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Article Title | Stress concentration due to in-plane bending (IPB) loads in ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints of offshore structures: Parametric study and design formulation |
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ERA Journal ID | 22096 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ahmadi, Hamid and Lotfollahi-Yaghin, Mohammad Ali |
Journal Title | Applied Ocean Research |
Journal Citation | 51, pp. 54-66 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | Jun 2015 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 0141-1187 |
1879-1549 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2015.02.009 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141118715000309 |
Abstract | Although tubular KT-joints are commonly found in offshore jacket structures and despite the crucial role of stress concentration factors (SCFs) in the evaluation of the tubular joint's fatigue performance, the SCFs in internally ring-stiffened KT-joints subjected to in-plane bending (IPB) loads have not been investigated so far and no design equation is available to determine the SCFs for IPB-loaded joints of this type. In the present research, data extracted from the finite element analysis of 118 models, which were verified using test results obtained from an experimental investigation, were used to study the effect of geometrical parameters on the weld-toe SCFs of central and outer braces in internally ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints subjected to four different types of IPB loads. Parametric study was followed by a set of the nonlinear regression analyses to develop SCF parametric equations for the fatigue analysis of ring-stiffened KT-joints under IPB loadings. |
Keywords | Fatigue; Tubular KT-joint; Internal ring-stiffener; Stress concentration factor (SCF); In-plane bending (IPB) |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401504. Ship and platform structures (incl. maritime hydrodynamics) |
400510. Structural engineering | |
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Byline Affiliations | University of Tabriz, Iran |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/v3630/stress-concentration-due-to-in-plane-bending-ipb-loads-in-ring-stiffened-tubular-kt-joints-of-offshore-structures-parametric-study-and-design-formulation
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