Abstract" Composites are an emerging choice for strengthening and repairing compromised
structures due to their attractive mechanical properties, environmental durability, and ease of …

Welded joints are widely used in many sectors and represent the main joining technique
also in the marine industry. The welded joints are sites of high stress concentrations and are …

The wind energy sector is constantly looking for improving the efficiency of their facilities,
including on offshore locations. Part of that strategy is the demand for increasingly larger …

Numerical research on the stress concentration factors (SCFs) in uniplanar tubular joints is
abundantly reported in literature. However, it has been shown that SCF equations for …

Exposure to load and offshore environment degrades the load-bearing capacity of tubular
joints, necessitating reinforcement of these joints. Reinforcement is sometimes required for …

The present study aims to develop a novel methodology for the fatigue reliability analysis
and design for a floating offshore wind turbine substructure using its fully coupled nonlinear …

A novel technique, referred to as Weld-LSF, has been proposed for the low-stress
manufacturing of T-joints through in-situ synchronous assisted arc welding, employing laser …

Nominal stresses have been used for a long time for the assessment of fatigue resistance of
welded joints, however, this approach has strong limitations since the definition of the …

This study aims to achieve real-time estimation of the full-field strain distribution in a
structure by signals measured from several strain gauges attached to the structure. Our …

The detailed finite element (DFE) simulation of welded offshore tubular joint can give
realistic and sound hot-spot stress (HSS) estimates regarding fatigue design of jacket …