A Bracket-Stiffened Two-Planar Overlapped Tubular KT-Joint for Offshore Jack-Up Fatigue Analysis

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FE modeling of the two-planar overlapped KT-joint: (a) element mesh, stress contours of (b) the chord and (c) overlapping braces under axial loading of unit pressure, and stress contours of (d) the chord and (e) overlapping braces under in-plane bending of unit moment.

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