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

Figure 4

Stress contours of the bracket-stiffened two-planar overlapped KT-joint: (a) the chord and (b) overlapping braces with brackets under axial loading of unit pressure, (c) the chord and (d) overlapping braces with brackets under in-plane bending of unit moment, and (e) the chord and (f) overlapping braces with brackets under out-of-plane bending of unit moment.

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