Lotsberg I. Fatigue Design of Marine Structures 2016

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Fatigue Design of Marine Structures provides students and professionals with a theoretical and practical background for fatigue design of marine structures including sailing ships, offshore structures for oil and gas production, and other welded structures subject to dynamic loading such as wind turbine structures. Industry expert Inge Lotsberg brings more than forty years of experience in design and standards-setting to this comprehensive guide to the basics of fatigue design of welded structures. Topics covered include laboratory testing, S-N data, different materials, different environments, stress concentrations, residual stresses, acceptance criteria, non-destructive testing, improvement methods, probability of failure, bolted connections, grouted connections, and fracture mechanics. Featuring twenty chapters, three hundred diagrams, forty-seven example calculations, and resources for further study, Fatigue Design of Marine Structures is intended as the complete reference work for study and practice.
Fatigue Degradation Mechanism and Failure Modes
Fatigue Testing and Assessment of Test Data
Fatigue Design Approaches
S-N Curves
Stresses in Plated Structures
Stress Concentration Factors for Tubular and Shell Structures Subjected to Axial Loads
Stresses at Welds in Pipelines, Risers, and Storage Tanks
Stress Concentration Factor for Joints
Finite Element Analysis
Fatigue Assessment Based on Stress Range Distributions
Fabrication
Probability of Fatigue Failure
Design of Bolted and Threaded Connections
Fatigue Analysis of Jacket Structures
Fatigue Analysis of Floating Platforms
Fracture Mechanics for Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis and Assessment of Fracture
Fatigue of Grouted Connections
Planning of In-Service Inspection for Fatigue Cracks