Influence of dent on residual ultimate strength of 2024-T3 aluminum alloy plate under axial compression

Drop-weight impact tests were conducted on 2024-T3 aluminum plates with five types of impactors, and then the effects of the dent on the residual ultimate strength of the 2024-T3 specimens were investigated through axial compression tests. Results indicate that with increase in dent depth, the five types of dents affect the ultimate strength of the plate in different trends. Nevertheless, other than the plate global deflection caused by impacting, the dent itself has unremarkable effect on the ultimate strength. The mathematical expressions are derived regarding the relationship between impact energy factor and the dent depth factor as well as the compressive ultimate strength reduction rate and the dent depth factor.

Incidence of Pitting Corrosion Wastage on the Hull Girder Ultimate Strength

The paper focuses on the assessment of the hull girder ultimate strength,combined with random pitting corrosion wastage,by the incremental-iterative method.After a brief review about the state of art,the local ultimate strength of pitted platings under uniaxial compression is preliminarily outlined and subsequently a closed-form design formula is endorsed in the Rule incremental-iterative method,to account for pitting corrosion wastage in the hull girder ultimate strength check.The ISSC bulk carrier is assumed as reference ship in a benchmark study,devoted to test the effectiveness of the incremental-iterative method,by a comparative analysis with a set of FE simulations,performed by Ansys Mechanical APDL.Four reference cases,with different locations of pitting corrosion wastage,are investigated focusing on nine combinations of pitting and corrosion intensity degrees.Finally,a comparative analysis between the hull girder ultimate strength,combined with pitting corrosion wastage,and the relevant values,complying with the Rule net scantling approach,is performed.Based on current results,the modified incremental-iterative method allows efficiently assessing the hull girder ultimate strength,combined with pitting corrosion wastage,so revealing useful both in the design process of new vessels and in the structural health monitoring of aged ships.

Approach for analyzing the ultimate strength of concrete filled steel tubular arch bridges with stiffening girder

A convenient approach is proposed for analyzing the ultimate load carrying capacity of concrete filled steel tubular (CFST) arch bridge with stiffening girders. A fiber model beam element is specially used to simulate the stiffening girder and CFST arch rib. The geometric nonlinearity, material nonlinearity, influence of the construction process and the contribution of prestressing reinforcement are all taken into consideration. The accuracy of this method is validated by comparing its results with experimental results. Finally, the ultimate strength of an abnormal CFST arch bridge with stiffening girders is investigated and the effect of construction method is discussed. It is concluded that the construction process has little effect on the ultimate strength of the bridge.

Numerical analysis of ultimate strength of concrete filled steel tubular arch bridges

The calculation of ultimate bearing capacity is a significant issue in the design of Concrete Filled Steel Tubular (CFST) arch bridges. Based on the space beam theory, this paper provides a calculation method for determining the ultimate strength of CFST structures. The accuracy of this method and the applicability of the stress-strain relationships were validated by comparing different existing confined concrete uniaxial constitutive relationships and experimental results. Comparison of these results indicated that this method using the confined concrete uniaxial stress-strain relationships can be used to calculate the ultimate strength and CFST behavior with satisfactory accuracy. The calculation results are stable and seldom affected by concrete con-stitutive relationships. The method is therefore valuable in the practice of engineering design. Finally, the ultimate strength of an arch bridge with span of 330 m was investigated by the proposed method and the nonlinear behavior was discussed.

A Simplified Model for the Effect of Weld-Induced Residual Stresses on the Axial Ultimate Strength of Stiffened Plates

The present work investigates the compressive axial ultimate strength of fillet-welded steel-plated ship structures subjected to uniaxial compression,in which the residual stresses in the welded plates are calculated by a thermo-elasto-plastic finite element analysis that is used to fit an idealized model of residual stress distribution.The numerical results of ultimate strength based on the simplified model of residual stress show good agreement with those of various methods including the International Association of Classification Societies(IACS)Common Structural Rules(CSR),leading to the conclusion that the simplified model can be effectively used to represent the distribution of residual stresses in steel-plated structures in a wide range of engineering applications.It is concluded that the widths of the tension zones in the welded plates have a quasi-linear behavior with respect to the plate slenderness.The effect of residual stress on the axial strength of the stiffened plate is analyzed and discussed.

A Computational Investigation of the Group Effect of Pits on the Ultimate Strength of Steel Plates

In this work, we focus on assessing the group effect of localized corrosion on the ultimate strength of the marine structural plates and study the load-deformation behaviors of plates of various slenderness and uniaxial compression.Meanwhile, we investigate different corroded patterns from a single circular pit to 25 circular pits distributed over the plate and carry out hundreds of nonlinear finite element simulations by combining the number, depth, distribution of pits with imperfections and slenderness of plate. The distribution of multiple pits causes scattering of stress concentration on the plate, then the plastic section of plate changes with wider distribution of damage simultaneously. The ultimate strength arises when un-loading zone comprised of the yielding strips and holes extends across the plate. It can be concluded that the corroded condition defined as group effect of pits manipulates the deformation state and the loading capacity of plate at the ultimate strength mode that coincides with the proportion of effective loading area and section in the process of post-buckling. To validate the effect of pits group, we perform the numerical experiments of the post-buckling of steel plates containing pits in a row with different orientation.

Reliability of the Ultimate Strength of Ship Stiffened Panel Subjected to Random Corrosion Degradation

Attentions have been increasingly paid to the influence of the corrosion on the ultimate strength of ship structures. In consideration of the random characteristics of the corrosion of ship structures, the method for the ultimate strength analysis of the ship stiffened panel structure subjected to random corrosion degradation is presented. According to the measured corrosion data of the bulk carriers, the distribution characteristics of the corrosion data for the stiffened panel on the midship deck are analyzed, and a random corrosion model is established. The ultimate strength of the corroded stiffened panel is calculated by lhe nonlinear finite element analysis. The statistical descriptions of the ultimate strength of the corroded stiffened panel are defined through the Monte Carlo simulations. A formula is proposed on the ultimate strength reduction of the stiffened panel as a function of the corrosion volume. The reliability analysis of the ultimate strength of the corroded deck stiffened panel is performed. It shows that both the corrosion data of the deck stiffened panel and the ultimate strength of the random corroded deck stiffened panel follow the log-normal distribution. The ultimate stress ratio of the stiffened panel is inversely proportional to the corrosion volume ratio.

Hull Girder Ultimate Strength Assessment Considering Local Corrosion

The residual strength capacity of ship hull with full corrosion appearance in every structural member has been considered in a large number of research works;however,the influence of local corrosion on the ultimate strength and cross-section properties has not been taken into account and analyzed.Hence,this study aims to assess the effect of corrosion appearance in the flange section and web section on the ultimate vertical bending moment and several cross-section properties of a bulk carrier.To perform this task,a probabilistic corrosion rate estimation model and the common structural rule model are introduced and employed.The incremental-iterative method given by the International Association of Classification Societies-Common Structural Rules(IACS-CSR)is applied to determine the ultimate vertical bending moment,neutral axis position at the limit state,and other properties of the cross-section.The calculation results and discussions relative to the effect of corrosion on ship hull are presented.

Set-based parametric modeling, buckling and ultimate strength estimation of stiffened ship structures

There have been a great demand for a suitable and convenient method in the field of buckling analysis of stiffened ship structures, which is essential to structural safety assessment and is significantly time-consuming. Modeling, buckling behaviors and ultimate strength prediction of stiffened panels were investigated. The modeling specification including nonlinear finite element model and imperfections generation, and post-buckling analysis procedure of stiffened plates were demonstrated. And a software tool using set-based finite element method was developed and executed in the MSC. Marc environment. Different types of stiffen panels of marine structures have been employed to investigate the buckling behavior and assess the validity in the estimation of ultimate strength. A comparison between results of the generally accepted methods, experiments and the software tool developed was demonstrated. It is shown that the software tool can predict the ultimate capacity of stiffened panels with imperfections with a good accuracy.

Ultimate Strength Assessment of a Tanker Hull Based on Experimentally Developed Master Curves

A geometrically similar scaling was made from small-scale specimen to full-scale stiffened panels and then their collapse behaviour is investigated. It is considered that the stiffened panel compressive ultimate strength test was designed according to geometrical scaling laws so that the output of the test could be used as representative of the stiffened panels of the compressive zone of a tanker hull subjected to vertical bending moment. The ultimate strength of a tanker hull is analysed by a FE analysis using the experimentally developed master stress-strain curves which are obtained by the beam tension test and the compressive test of the stiffened panel, and are then compared with the result achieved by the progressive collapse method.

Restoration of Ultimate Strength of Dented Hemispheres Under External Hydrostatic Pressure

This study aimed to restore the ultimate strength of dented stainless-steel hemispheres with a radius of 90 mm and a thickness of 0.86 mm.All of the hemispheres were subjected to external hydrostatic pressure.Small stainless-steel stiffened caps were used to eliminate the effect of indention on the ultimate strength.These caps had a radius of 36 mm,a thickness of 0.76 mm,and a height of 10.44 mm.Six hemispherical samples,including two intact hemispheres,two dented hemispheres without stiffening,and two dented hemispheres with stiffening,were prepared.Each hemi-sphere was geometrically measured for shape and thickness,hydrostatically tested for destruction,and numerically evaluated for comparison.The experimental and numerical data agreed well with each other.As a result,a spherical cap can effectively restore the ultimate strength of dented hemispheres under external hydrostatic pressure.The proposed restoration approach can be used to strengthen underwater pressure hulls with large local geometric imperfections.

ULTIMATE STRENGTH OF POSTBUCKLING FORSIMPLY SUPPORTED RECTANGULAR COMPOSITE THIN PLATES UNDER COMPRESSION

It is proved that the ultimate strength of postbuckling for simply supported rectangular composite thin plates under compression is far higher than their buckling stress through the tests of 283 rectangular composite thin laminates in this paper. The ultimate strength of the composite thin plates is studied using large-deflection theory and small-deflection theory of thin plates. According to the failure criterion of the composites ultimate strength is found finally. It is in accordance with the experimental values for the plates having 45 degrees off-axial, and for longitudinal and latitudinal plates, when beta < 0.11, the theoretical values are higher. The coefficient C given in this paper may be referred to in product designing.

Ultimate Strength Analysis of Offshore Jacket Platform

The ultimate strength analysis of offshore jacket platforms is a research project which has been developed in recent years. With the rapid development of marine oil industry, the departments of design and IMR (Inspection, Maintenance and Repair) in the offshore engineering have attached great importance to this project. The research procedure applies to both the stress check of new design platforms and the whole safety assessment of existing platforms. In this paper, we combine the pseudo non-linear technique with the linear analysis program and successfully analyze the ultimate strength of the space frame structure subject to the concentrated load and a real jacket platform subject to the dead load and environmental load.

A Simple Empirical Formula for Predicting the Ultimate Strength of Ship Plates with Elastically Restrained Edges in Axial Compression

An investigation is conducted on the static ultimate limit state assessment of ship hull plates with elastically restrained edges subjected to axial compression.Both material and geometric non-linearities were considered in finite element(FE)analysis.The initial geometric imperfection of the plate was considered,while the residual stress introduced by welding was not considered.The ultimate strength of simply supported ship hull plates compared well with the existing empirical formula to validate the correctness of the applied boundary conditions,initial imperfection and mesh size.The extensive FE calculations on the ultimate strength of ship hull plates with elastically restrained edges are presented.Then a new simple empirical formula for plate ultimate strength is developed,which includes the effect of the rotational restraint stiffness,rotational restraint stiffness,and aspect ratios.By applying the new formula and FE method to ship hull plates in real ships,a good coincidence of the results between these two methods is obtained,which indicates that the new formula can accurately predict the ultimate strength of ship hull plates with elastically restrained edges.

Ultimate Strength Assessment of Steel-Welded Hemispheres under External Hydrostatic Pressure

This paper focusses on steel-welded hemispherical shells subjected to external hydrostatic pressure.The experimental and numerical investigations were performed to study their failure behaviour.The model was fabricated from mild steel and made through press forming and welding.We therefore considered the effect of initial shape imperfection,variation of thickness and residual stress obtained from the actual structures.Four hemisphere models designed with R/t from 50 to 130 were tested until failure.Prior to the test,the actual geometric imperfection and shell thickness were carefully measured.The comparisons of available design codes(PD 5500,ABS,DNV-GL)in calculating the collapse pressure were also highlighted against the available published test data on steel-welded hemispheres.Furthermore,the nonlinear FE simulations were also conducted to substantiate the ultimate load capacity and plastic deformation of the models that were tested.Parametric dependence of the level of sphericity,varying thickness and residual welding stresses were also numerically considered in the benchmark studies.The structure behaviour from the experiments was used to verify the numerical analysis.In this work,both collapse pressure and failure mode in the numerical model were consistent with the experimental model.

Review of Ultimate Strength Assessment of Ageing and Damaged Ship Structures

The objective of this work is to provide an overview of the ultimate strength assessment of ageing and damaged ship structures in the last decades.Particular attention is paid to the ultimate strength of plates,stiffened panels,box girders,and entire ship hull structures subjected to corrosion degradation,fatigue cracking,and mechanical damage caused by accidental loading or impact.A discussion on the effect of the cyclic load on the plate rigidity,re-yielding,and ultimate load capacity on the ship hull girder is also part of the present study.Finally,some conclusions and discussions about potential future work are provided,identifying that more studies about the impact of corrosion degradation on the structural behaviour of the stiffened panels and the overall hull girders are needed.Studies related to the dynamic collapse behaviour of corroded and damaged ship structures under time-variant load also requires additional attention.

A useful guide of effective mesh-size decision in predicting the ultimate strength of flat-and curved plates in compression

The present study aims to determine the appropriate size of mesh or the number of the element(NoE)for flat-and curved plates,which is suggested to assess its safety subjected to axial compression based on the ultimate limit state(ULS)design and analysis concept.The unstiffened panel(=plate)and stiff-ened panel,considered primary members of ships and ship-shaped offshore structures,are subjected to repeated axial compression and tension caused by continued vertical bending moments applied to the hull girder.Plates are attached with stiffeners by welding,and 6,8 or 10 elements are generally rec-ommended to allocate in flat-plate’s breadth direction in between stiffeners for finite-element(FE)mod-elling,which enables the presentation of the shape of initial deflection applied to the plate.In the case of the load-shorting curve for curved plate,it is reported that the nonlinear behaviour characteristics,i.e.,snap-through,snap-back,secondary buckling and others,appear in typical flank angle.To take this into account,we investigated the preferred number of elements(6,8 or 10)generally applied to the flat plate whether it is an appropriate or more fine-sized element(or mesh)that should be considered.A useful guide is documented based on obtained outcomes which may help structural engineers select optimised mesh-size to predict ultimate strength and understand its characteristic of the flat and curved plates.

Effect of B_(2)O_(3) enrichment on microstructural inhomogeneity of high strength steel weldments

The present work attributes the role of boron on the high strength steel submerged arc weld using an undermatching filler wire.Mild steel filler wire was used for welding in constant machine parameters setting to evaluate the joint strength due to the enrichment of boron.To change the chemical composition of the weld metal,boron trioxide powder was blended with virgin flux in various proportions(2.5%−12.5%),which led to an increase in boron weight percentage in the range of 0−0.0065.The results show that weld metals(WM)optical micrographs depict the various types of ferrites,pearlites and secondary phases like martensite-austenite(M-A).Acicular ferrite content was influenced by the boron trioxide addition.Heat affected zone(HAZ)micrographs were not showing appreciable changes with oxide enrichment.Hardness and toughness of weld metals showed the mixed trend with B_(2)O_(3) enrichment whereas,small reduction in ultimate tensile strength(UTS)and yield strength(YS)was observed.

Effect of Strain Rate on Ultimate Strength and Fractograph in Tungsten Alloy

The effect of strain rate on ultimate strength and fractograph was investigated for tungsten alloy with four different technologies. As the strain rate rises, the ultimate strength increases and morphology of fracture surface gradually transits from detachment of interface between W pellets and matrices to cleavage of W pellets. Meanwhile, low strength tungsten alloy has higher sensitivity to strain rate.

Study on Ultimate Compressive Strength of Aluminium-Alloy Plates and Stiffened Panels

This work reviews the ultimate compressive strength of aluminium plates and stiffened panels.The effect of boundary condition,initial imperfection,welding-induced residual stress and heat-affected zone are discussed.As the effect of manufacturing technology lacks in the literature,this effect is analysed employing the finite element method,considering the technology of welding and integrated extrusion.The numerical analyses have shown that the ultimate strength of the integrated extruded stiffened panel is relatively higher than the one of the traditional welded panel.