Statistical evaluation of tubular joint SCFs from test data and finite element analyses
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Ersdal, G., Atteya, M.A. & Mikkelsen, O. (2023) Statistical evaluation of tubular joint SCFs from test data and finite element analyses. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 10.1088/1757-899X/1294/1/012033Sammendrag
Stress concentration factors (SCF) derived from both FEA and measurements from laboratory experiments are associated with uncertainties. To understand these uncertainties, SCF values can be determined from a series of tests or possibly also several SCF-values estimated from converged finite element analysis. The challenge is to determine a recommended value for the SCF based on these tests or analysis, ensuring that the resulting SCF along with the SN-curve meets the code required 2.3% exceedance probability. In this paper, structural reliability analysis (SRA) methods are employed to model the combined uncertainty of the parameters representing the SN-curve and the measured SCFs from experimental test joints. Based on this analysis, the SCF that, when paired with the design SN-curve, provides the minimum fatigue life is established. From this analysis, a method to provide characteristic values of the SCF is suggested. Finally, FEA of the same detail, with and without modelling the weld, using both first and second-order elements are performed. From these analyses the SCF is estimated using linear extrapolation and direct extraction. Based on these findings and their comparison to the characteristic SCF, a suggested method to extract SCFs from FEA is provided.