Buckling Strength of Welded HY-80 Spherical Shells: A Direct Approach within the Research Training Group (DFG) ‘Ocean Engineering Construciton’

Field of research:
Fabrication Effects on Structural Behaviour; Load Carrying Behaviour

Duration:
01.03.2001 – 28.02.2004

Project leader: 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Fricke

Funded by:
DFG

ABSTRACT:
A direct approach, which can be used during the design process, to account for the effect of welding residual stress and deformation due to multi-pass welding on the buckling strength of HY-80 spherical shell under hydrostatic loading is presented in this study. It is based on a direct numerical calculation of the residual stress and deformation during the welding process, including metallurgical phase change, which are taken as initial condition for a nonlinear buckling analysis. It is shown, that the effect of welding residual stress and deformation on the buckling strength is rather small for the R/t-ratio considered (R/t = 100).

FINAL REPORT
  • L. Grünitz: Buckling Strength of Welded HY-80 Spherical Shells: A Direct Approach. Diss. an der TU Hamburg-Harburg, Juni 2004.
FURTHER PUBLICATIONS:
  • L. Grünitz: Evaluation of the Welding Residual Stress State in a Thick HY-80 Steel Plate. Proc. of 13th ISOPE Conf., Honolulu 2003
  • W. Fricke, K. Grünitz und S. Franitza: Direkte Berechnung von Schweißeigenspannungen in mehrlagigen HY-80-Stumpfstößen und deren Auswirkung auf das Beulverhalten von Kugel-schalen. Schweißen und Schneiden 57 (2005), Nr. 1/2, S. 18-24.