Effect of FRP Material Properties on Chord SCFs of an FRP-Strengthened Offshore Tubular T-Joint under Brace Axial Loading

The relative stress concentration factors (SCF) on the chord member of a tubular T-joint strengthened with FRP which is subjected to brace axial loading are studied. ABAQUS Finite Element software package is used to perform the numerical analyses. Prior to the main studies, the unstiffened joint was...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alireza Sadat Hosseini, Mohammad Lesani, Mohammad Reza Bahaari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iranian Association of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 2018-09-01
Series:International Journal of Coastal and Offshore Engineering
Subjects:
scf
Online Access:http://ijcoe.org/article-1-100-en.html