ON THE ACCURRACY OF DIFFERENT FINITE ELEMENT TYPES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX, WELDED TUBULAR JOINTS

The paper discusses the use of three-dimensional finite elements to study local stress in the weld areas of complex (reinforced, overlapped) tubular joints. Displacement and stress solutions obtained for selected tubular joint configurations modelled with two such thick shell and brick elements are examined. It is concluded that the three-dimensional elements examined can behave very well in typical tubular joint problems.

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  • Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, May 5-8, 1980, Houston, Texas.
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• Authors:
  • Hoffman, R E
  • Sharifi, P
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, May 5-8, 1980, Houston, Texas.
• Publication Date: 1980-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 127
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 3691

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Finite element method; Joints (Engineering); Structural analysis; Tubular structures; Welds
• Uncontrolled Terms: Welded joints
• Old TRIS Terms: Tubular joints
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00329776
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Research Institute of Norway
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 12 1981 12:00AM