Stress concentration factors and fatigue behaviour of welded thin-walled CHS–SHS T-joints under in-plane bending

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (13) ◽  
pp. 1861-1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fidelis Rutendo Mashiri ◽  
Xiao-Ling Zhao ◽  
Paul Grundy
Keyword(s):  
Stress Concentration ◽  
Fatigue Behaviour ◽  
T Joints ◽  
Concentration Factors ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Plane Bending ◽  
Stress Concentration Factors

STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTORS AND FATIGUE FAILURE OF WELDED T-CONNECTIONS IN CIRCULAR HOLLOW SECTIONS UNDER IN-PLANE BENDING

2004 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 403-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
FIDELIS RUTENDO MASHIRI ◽  
XIAO-LING ZHAO ◽  
PAUL GRUNDY
Keyword(s):  
Stress Concentration ◽  
Failure Criterion ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
T Joints ◽  
Fatigue Design ◽  
Concentration Factors ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Plane Bending ◽  
Stress Concentration Factors

The fatigue behavior of welded thin-walled T-joints made up of both circular hollow section (CHS) braces and chords, subjected to cyclic in-plane bending, is described in this paper. CHS chords and braces are of thicknesses less than 4 mm. Current fatigue design guidelines show that the design of welded tubular nodal joints is restricted to thicknesses greater than or equal to 4 mm. The increased availability and use of thin-walled (t<4 mm) tubes of high-strength steels in recent years, in structures subjected to cyclic loading, means that it is important to study the fatigue behavior of welded thin-walled tubular nodal joints. In this paper, welded thin-walled CHS-CHS T-joints subjected to constant-stress-amplitude cyclic in-plane bending range are studied. The stress concentration factors (SCFs) determined experimentally at the brace and chord crown positions are shown to be about 30% and 40% respectively of the SCFs determined using parametric equations in existing fatigue design guidelines. The fatigue tests showed that in welded thin-walled CHS-CHS T-joints, a through-thickness crack occurs when the surface crack length along the weld toes in the chord has grown to a length equal to about 40% of the circumference of the brace member. An end of test failure criterion was proposed as an alternative to the through-thickness failure criterion, in obtaining data that is suitable for determining fatigue design S-N curves.

scholarly journals Stress Concentration Factors for Welded Plate T-Joints Subjected to Tensile, Bending and Shearing Loads

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 546
Author(s):  
Krzysztof L. Molski ◽  
Piotr Tarasiuk
Keyword(s):  
Stress Concentration ◽  
Plate Thickness ◽  
Percentage Error ◽  
Geometrical Parameters ◽  
T Joints ◽  
Loading Mode ◽  
Weld Toe ◽  
Concentration Factors ◽  
Parametric Expression ◽  
Stress Concentration Factors

The paper deals with the problem of stress concentration at the weld toe of a plate T-joint subjected to axial, bending, and shearing loading modes. Theoretical stress concentration factors were obtained from numerical simulations using the finite element method for several thousand geometrical cases, where five of the most important geometrical parameters of the joint were considered to be independent variables. For each loading mode—axial, bending, and shearing—highly accurate closed form parametric expression has been derived with a maximum percentage error lower than 2% with respect to the numerical values. Validity of each approximating formula covers the range of dimensional proportions of welded plate T-joints used in engineering applications. Two limiting cases are also included in the solutions—when the weld toe radius tends to zero and the main plate thickness becomes infinite.

Experimental, numerical and parametric studies on stress concentration factors of T-joints under tension

2021 ◽  
pp. 136943322110499
Author(s):  
Feleb Matti ◽  
Fidelis Mashiri
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Concentration ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Joint Models ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
T Joints ◽  
Concentration Factors ◽  
Stress Concentration Factors ◽  
Good Agreement

This paper investigates the behaviour of square hollow section (SHS) T-joints under static axial tension for the determination of stress concentration factors (SCFs) at the hot spot locations. Five empty and corresponding concrete-filled SHS-SHS T-joint connections were tested experimentally and numerically. The experimental investigation was carried out by attaching strain gauges onto the SHS-SHS T-joint specimens. The numerical study was then conducted by developing three-dimensional finite element (FE) T-joint models using ABAQUS finite element analysis software for capturing the distribution of the SCFs at the hot spot locations. The results showed that there is a good agreement between the experimental and numerical SCFs. A series of formulae for the prediction of SCF in concrete-filled SHS T-joints under tension were proposed, and good agreement was achieved between the maximum SCFs in SHS T-joints calculated from FE T-joint models and those from the predicted formulae.

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