Ultimate strength and fatigue of stiffened welded tubular joints in floating energy production structures

被引:4
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作者
Papatheocharis, Theocharis [1 ,2 ]
Plakias, George T. [2 ]
Zervaki, Anna D. [3 ]
Perdikaris, Philip C. [1 ]
Karamanos, Spyros A. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Thessaly, Dept Civil Engn, Volos, Greece
[2] Univ Thessaly, Dept Mech Engn, Volos, Greece
[3] Natl Tech Univ Athens, Sch Naval Architecture & Marine Engn, Athens, Greece
关键词
Fatigue; Floating platform; Offshore renewables; Post-weld treatment; Steel tubular joint; Stiffened cylinder; Welding; T-JOINTS;
D O I
10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116985
中图分类号
TU [建筑科学];
学科分类号
0813 ;
摘要
Monotonic and cyclic loading experiments are performed on 1/6-scale stiffened steel joints representing the welded connection between the tubular braces and the vertical cylinders of a prototype offshore floating structure for combined wind-wave energy production. The structural behavior of the welded joints is investigated to determine their ultimate strength under monotonic loading and their fatigue life. The brace-to-cylinder welded connection is full penetration and semi-automatic, whereas the stiffeners are welded to the inner surface of the cylinder with fillet welds. High-frequency mechanical impact post-weld treatment is applied to five specimens. Experimental observations indicate two critical locations for fatigue crack initiation: the crown of the brace-to-cylinder weld and the fillet weld of the central stiffener. These locations are also verified by finite element simulations and fractographic examination of failed specimens. Post-weld treatment improves the fatigue resistance of the welded joints in the high-cycle fatigue domain but has negligible influence on the lowcycle fatigue response of the connection and its monotonic ultimate strength. Finally, one fatiguecracked specimen is tested under monotonic loading exhibiting structural performance similar to the intact specimens.
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