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ABS Guide fo r Buckl ing and Ultimate Strength Assesment for Offshore Structure

Section Properties

Plate:

Plate thickness t 6.35mm

Longitudinal Stiffener:

Type of longitudinal stiffener (FLAT bar or FLANGED or BULB section) LStype "FLANGED"

Thickness of long. stiffener's flange tsf 6.35mm

Width of long. stiffener's flange bsf 88.9mm
Thickness of long. stiffener's web tsw 6.35mm

Height of long. stiffener's web hsw 101.6mm tsf

tsw
Smaller outstanding dimension of flange from web b1sf
CL 2

Unsupported span of Longitudinals l 3350mm

Distance between long. stiffeners s 609.6mm

Span factor for +ve BM for UDL c 0.8

bsf
Centeroid of stiffener flange from web centerline esf b1sf
2

tsw
Larger outstanding dimension of flange from web face b2sf bsf b1sf 0.08 m
2
2
Cross sectional area of longitudinal stiffener (excluding shell As tsf bsf tsw hsw 1169.35 mm
flange)

bsf tsf 0.5 tsf hsw tsw ( 0.5 hsw tsf )

C.G. of long. stiffener from face of it's flange CGs 29.45 mm
As

Moment of Inertia of long. Stiffener (excluding shell flange)

3
2 hsw tsw 2 4
Is bsf tsf ( CGs 0.5 tsf ) hsw tsw ( CGs tsf hsw 0.5 ) 121.08 cm
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Distance from stiffener's C.G. to plate dsx hsw tsf 0.5t CGs 75.32 mm

bsf tsf esf

Horizontal distance between cg of stiffener and web plate CL y0 19.93 mm
As

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Young's Modulus E 2 10 MPa

Poisson's ratio 0.3

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Shear Modulus G 76923.08 MPa
2( 1 )

Yield stress of plate 0 235MPa

Yield stress of stiffener 0s 235MPa

Section 1/11
Basic Utilization Factor 0 0.8
0.6 for static or normal operation
0.8 for combined loading or severe storm
Bending moment adjustment factor C m 1.0

Plate Stresses :

Membrane stress in x-direction ax 0MPa

Membrane stress in x-direction due to in-plane bending moment bx 0MPa

Axial Load on the bulkhead Fy 30.15kN

Assuming 30 degree dispersion of load to the stiffener,

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Available Axial Ar ea Ay 300mm t 1905 mm

Fy
Membrane stress in y-direction ay 15.83 MPa
Ay

by 0MPa
Membrane stress in y-direction due to in-plane bending moment

Panel edge shear stress 0MPa

kN
Design Lateral Pressure q 0
2
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Load Application (Section 1.3):

Combined normal stress

xmax ax bx xmax 0 ksi

xmin ax bx xmin 0 ksi

ymax ay by ymax 2.3 ksi

ymin ay by ymin 2.3 ksi

Nominal axial compressive stress

a if ax 0 0 ax a 0 MPa

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3. Plate Panels

3.1.1 Critical Buckling Stress for Edge Shear

C1 1.1 if LStype = "FLANGED" C1=1.1 for plate panels between angles

or tee stiffeners; 1.0 between flat bars or
1.0 otherwise bulb plates

2
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ks 4.0 5.34 C 1 ks 6.02
l

Critical shear strength of plate

0
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Elastic shear buckling stress

2 2
E t
E ks E 118.07 MPa
2 s
12 1

Proportional linear elastic limit for steel structure Pr 0.6

0
C if E Pr 0 E 0 1 Pr 1 Pr 98.26 MPa
Critical buckling strength for edge shear
E

3.1.2 Critical Buckling Stress for Uniaxial Compression and in-plane Bending

C2 1.2 if LStype = "FLANGED"

C2 1.2
1.1 otherwise

x 100 if ax 0 bx =0 y 100 if ay 0 by =0
1 if ax 0 bx 0 1 if ay 0 by 0
1 if ax 0 bx =0 1 if ay 0 by =0

xmin ymin
if ax 0 bx 0 if ay 0 by 0
xmax ymax

1 otherwise 1 1 otherwise 1
x y

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7.6 6.4 x 10 x otherwise

For loading applied along the long edges of plating (wide plate):

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s

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ksy C2 1.0875 1 18 1 y 24 if y 1 2
2 2 2 3

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2 2
E t
Ex ksx
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2 2
E t
Ey ksy
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Cx if Ex Pr 0 Ex 0 1 Pr 1 Pr Cx 86.3 MPa
Ex

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Ey

3.1 Buckling Limit State of plate between stiffeners subjected to in-plane and lateral loads

0.5
2 2 2
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UCpanel UCpanel 0.79
Cx Cy C

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