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

Table 2

SCF results for the two-planar overlapped KT-joint under different loadings and design conditions.

Loading	Location	SCF values
		2 brace gap without brackets	3 brace gap without brackets	2 brace gap with brackets
Axial	Crown toe @ Chord	2.52	2.29	1.66
	Crown toe @ Brace	1.59	1.71	0.77
	Upper bracket toe @ Brace (longitudinal)	—	—	1.38
	Lower bracket toe @ Brace (longitudinal)	—	—	0.54
In-plane bending	Crown toe @ Chord	0.85	0.52	0.08
	Crown toe @ Brace	0.62	0.68	0.22
	Upper bracket toe @ Brace (longitudinal)	—	—	1.40
	Upper bracket toe @ Brace (transverse)	—	—	1.17