Calculate Fatigue Life of a Y joint with chord and brace

parameters and loading as shown below.

Joint Data
Chord dia and thickness Dc  762  mm Tc  35 mm

Brace dia, thickness and angle d b  508  mm tb  25mm θ  30 deg

Nominal Brace axial, inplane and

Pax  20 kN M ip  20 kN m M op  10 kN m
out-off plane moments

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Number of stress cycles n  4  10 FOS  5 CP  1  yr

Joint Parameters
Dc
Chord slenderness γ   10.886
2  Tc

tb
Wall thickness ratio τ   0.714
Tc

db
Diameter ratio β   0.667
Dc

Chord length L1  20m L2  20 m

Short Chord Parameter α 

L1  L2  52.493 C  0.7
Dc

C C
Chord fixity parameters C1  2  ( C  0.5) C2  C3 
2 5

SHORT CHORD CORRECTION FACTORS


F1  1  0.83 β  0.56 β  0.02 γ
2  0.23 
 exp 0.21 γ
 1.16 2.5
α  F1  1


F2  1  1.43 β  0.97 β  0.03 γ
2  0.04 
 exp 0.71 γ
 1.38 2.5
α  F2  1

F3  1  0.55 β
1.8
γ
0.16 
 exp 0.49 γ
 0.89
α
1.8  F3  1

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SCF CALCULATION FOR CHORD SIDE AND BRACE SIDE
 1.11  3  ( β  0.52)
1.1 2 1.6
T1  γ τ  sin( θ)

 2
 
0.5
SCFax_chord_s  T1  C1  ( 0.8 α  6 )  τ β  1  β  sin( 2  θ)   F2
2 2
SCFax_chord_s  5.15
 

 τ 2.65  5  ( β  0.65)
2
  τ β  C2  α  3  sin( θ)
0.2
SCFax_chord_c  γ SCFax_chord_c  6.71

SCFax_brace_s  1.3  γ τ  0.187  1.25 β  ( β  0.96)  sin( θ)

0.52 0.1 1.1 ( 2.7 0.01 α)
α   F1
SCFax_brace_s  2.568

SCFax_brace_c  3  γ
1.2  2
 0.12 exp( 4  β)  0.011  β  0.045  β τ C3  α  1.2   
SCFax_brace_c  5.371

0.85 ( 1 0.68 β ) 0.7

SCFipb_chord_c  1.45 β τ γ  sin( θ) SCFipb_chord_c  1.65

0.4 ( 1.09 0.77 β ) ( 0.06 γ 1.16)

SCFipb_brace_c  1  0.65 β τ γ  sin( θ) SCFipb_brace_c  3.13


SCFopb_chord_s  γ τ β 1.7  1.05 β  sin( θ)
3  1.6
  F3 SCFopb_chord_s  2.37

SCFopb_brace_s  τ

 0.54  0.05
γ 
 0.99  0.47 β  0.08 β  SCFopb_chord_s  F3
4  
SCFopb_brace_s  1.75

Nominal Stress Range Calculation

As   d b  d b  2  tb   
π 2 2 2
Axial area of brace As  0.038 m
4  

 d  d b  2  tb  
3

π 4 4 3
Moment of inertia of barce Zx  Zx  4.367  10 m
32 d b  b

Pax
Cyclic axial stress σax  2 σax  1.054  MPa
As

M ip
σip  2
Cyclic inplane bending sterss Zx σip  9.16 MPa

M op
σop  2
Outoff plane bending stress Zx σop  4.58 MPa

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Hot Spot Stress Range Calculation (Brace)
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SCFaxb_ip  0.5 SCFax_brace_s  SCFax_brace_c  SCFaxb_ip  3.969

Sb1  σax SCFax_brace_c  σip SCFipb_brace_c

Sb1  23 MPa

Sb5  σax SCFax_brace_c  σip SCFipb_brace_c

Sb5  34.4 MPa

Sb3  σax SCFax_brace_s  σop SCFopb_brace_s

Sb3  5.3 MPa

Sb7  σax SCFax_brace_s  σop SCFopb_brace_s

Sb7  10.7 MPa

2 2
Sb2  σax SCFaxb_ip  σip SCFipb_brace_c  σ  SCFopb_brace_s
2 2 op Sb2  21.8 MPa

2 2
Sb4  σax SCFaxb_ip  σip SCFipb_brace_c  σ  SCFopb_brace_s
2 2 op Sb4  18.8 MPa

2 2
Sb6  σax SCFaxb_ip  σ  SCFipb_brace_c  σ  SCFopb_brace_s
2 ip 2 op Sb6  30.1 MPa

2 2
Sb8  σax SCFaxb_ip  σip SCFipb_brace_c  σ  SCFopb_brace_s
2 2 op Sb8  18.8 MPa


HSSR b  max Sb1  Sb2  Sb3  Sb4  Sb5  Sb6  Sb7  Sb8  HSSR b  34.4 MPa

FATIGUE DAMAGE CALCULATION (Brace)

For WJ Curve m1  3 m2  5 k 11  12.48 k 12  16.13

0.25
 tb 
Thickness correction factor TCb   
 16 mm  TCb  1.118
 HSSRb TCb 
k12 m2 log 
Number cylces to failure Nb  N2  10  MPa 

 HSSRb TCb 
k11 m1 log 
N1  10  MPa 
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N1 if N1  10
8
N2 otherwise Nb  1.613  10
n
Fatigue damage FDb 
Nb FDb  0.025

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Hot Spot Stress Range Calculation (Chord)

SCFaxc_ip  0.5 SCFax_chord_s  SCFax_chord_c  SCFaxc_ip  5.931

Sc1  σax SCFax_chord_c  σip SCFipb_chord_c

Sc1  8  MPa

Sc5  σax SCFax_chord_c  σip SCFipb_chord_c

Sc5  22.2 MPa

Sc3  σax SCFax_chord_s  σop SCFopb_chord_s

Sc3  5.4 MPa

Sc7  σax SCFax_chord_s  σop SCFopb_chord_s

Sc7  16.3 MPa

2 2
Sc2  σax SCFaxc_ip  σip SCFipb_chord_c  σ  SCFopb_chord_s
2 2 op Sc2  12.1 MPa

2 2
Sc4  σax SCFaxc_ip  σip SCFipb_chord_c  σ  SCFopb_chord_s
2 2 op Sc4  9.2 MPa

2 2
Sc6  σax SCFaxc_ip  σ  SCFipb_chord_c  σ  SCFopb_chord_s
2 ip 2 op Sc6  24.6 MPa

2 2
Sc8  σax SCFaxc_ip  σip SCFipb_chord_c  σ  SCFopb_chord_s
2 2 op Sc8  9.2 MPa


HSSR c  max Sc1  Sc2  Sc3  Sc4  Sc5  Sc6  Sc7  Sc8  HSSR c  24.6 MPa

FATIGUE DAMAGE CALCULATION (Chord)

0.25
 Tc 
Thickness correction factor TCc   
 16 mm  TCc  1.216
 HSSRc TCc 
k12 m2 log 
Number cylces to failure Nc  N2  10  MPa 

 HSSRc TCc 
k11 m1 log 
N1  10  MPa 
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N1 if N1  10
N2 otherwise 8
Nc  5.601  10

n
Fatigue damage FDc  3
Nc FDc  7.141  10

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FATIGUE LIFE CALCULATION (Brace)

CP
FLb 
Fatigue life for brace side FD b FLb  40.3 yr

FATIGUE LIFE CALCULATION (Chord)

CP
FLc 
Fatigue life for chord side FDc FLc  140  yr