A SEMI-ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR STRESS ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLANAR TUBULAR JOINTS

There are many multiplanar tubular joints in offshore structures. The stressanalvsis of these joints is far from being solved with satisfaction due to the complexity ingeonietry and ioad cases.A semi-analytical (analytic-numerical) method for stress analysis ofmultiplanar tubular joints subjected to any loads is presented in this paper. Some advantagesof the computer program compiled based on semi-analytical method are discussed. Twonumerical examples and comparison of the computed results with that by expe...