Fatigue Analysis of Tubular Joints with Single-Sided Welds MSL Engineering, a leading UK Engineering Consultancy specialising in advanced analysis, assessment, repair, R&D, audit, veri?cation and reliability evaluations for the o?shore industry used LUSAS to investigate the stress distributions in typical o?shore K joints formed from single-sided welds. K joints are a popular leg con?guration for North Sea structures and consist of two brace members welded to an existing section (the chord) in a K con?guration. It is usually the welds that are of concern because of their potential for failure by fatigue.Construction of tubular joints in North Sea Platforms has typically relied on access to the inside of the brace to either dress or complete a full penetration weld. However, it has been re

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