OGP Session2 FixedSteelStructures

ISO19902:2007 CriticalJoints
(Ref:Clause14Strengthoftubularjoints)

Dr.MarkMorgan
Dr.MikeDrabble

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ISO19902:2007 CriticalJoints
APIRP2A(bothLRFD1st [withdrawn]andWSD21stEd)hasaminimum
jointstrengthrulethatequatesto50%ofthebracecapacity.For
structuressubjecttoearthquakesthisisincreasedto100%.
Theruleisconsideredinadequateforaccidentalcasesandforjoints
criticaltothereserve/residualcapacityofthestructure.
Theruleisntusuallyappliedtosecondarymembers.
ThecriticaljointcheckinISO19902replacesthisrule.
Criticaljointsshouldnotfailbeforebraces.

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InISO19902,criticaljointsaredefinedasthosethateither:
Influencethereservestrengthofthestructure.
Influencetheresponseofastructurewhensubjectedtoaccidental
events,or
Causesignificantsafetyorenvironmentalconsequencesiftheyfail.
Itseemsreasonabletoinferfromtheabovetherearenocriticaljointsfor
nonoperational* cases (because load levels are relatively low and joint
failurewillnotresultinpollutionorlossoflife).

*Loadout,transport,lift/launchandonbottomstability

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APIRP2AWSD21stEd[2007]hasaintroducedastatementinC4.2.3whichsuggests
criticaljointsutilisationfactorsshouldbelimitedto85%ofthatofthebrace.Thisis
virtuallyidenticaltoISOabove.

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16
14

Factor

12

10
8
6

Factor=1.17

4
2
0
0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

MemberUtilisation,Ub

0.7

0.8

0.9

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DNVsSESAMGeniesoftwarehasimplementedtheISOjointcodechecks as
follows:
1.NonCriticaljointcodecheckprocedure:
DetermineUjbysearchingthrougheverybraceforeveryloadcase forworst
possibleutilisationaccordingtopunchingshearequationsinISO19902
2.Criticaljointcodecheckprocedure :
DetermineallpossibleUjasabove,thensearchthroughallpossible
combinationsofUjwithcorrespondingUb,inallloadcases,forworstpossible
utilisationaccordingtocriticaljointequation(asdescribedabove).
Oftenthecriticaljointbraceloadcasecombinationwillchangefrom1.to2.
Criticaljointchecksinvolveavastamountofprocessingasthe analysischecks
mustbedoneexhaustively.

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Joint

NonCriticalJointCheck

CriticalJointCheck

No

LC

BraceID

Ub

Uj

Uj,crit*

LC

BraceID

Ub

Uj

Uj,crit

J105030

735

EL90_06

0.59

0.40

0.79

737

EL90_01

0.06

0.16

3.04

J555090

735

FR7_05

0.74

0.53

0.84

718

FR7_05

0.03

0.06

2.27

J509020

746

FB_11

0.54

0.50

1.08

746

FB_11

0.54

0.50

1.08

J301070

734

FA_30

0.33

0.26

0.92

741

FR5_21

0.08

0.19

2.77

J401010

746

FA_34

0.48

0.67

1.63

700

FA_34

0.39

0.57

1.72

Uj,crit*

basedonUbandUjforworstnoncriticalloadcase

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UseofBraceUtilisation,Ub,CutOff
LogicofadoptingaUbcutoff isthatjointswithlowUbhavereserve
capacityandhencewillnotfail.
TheimplementationcurrentlyavailablewithintheSESAMGeniesoftware
enablesaUbcutoff tobespecified.
IfthemaximumUbliesbelowacutoff value,thecriticaljoint
formulationisnotcarriedoutaswritten.
IfthemaximumUb<cutoff value,theUbusedrevertsto1.
Effectively,thejointistreatedascriticalwithanadditionalpartial
resistancefactorof1.17.

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SESAMGenieExample
Case

MinimumUb
Limit

No.ofjointsPassing
(Uj <1)

No.ofjointsFailing
(Uj >1)

Noncriticalrun

N/A

117

Alljointscritical

0.00(code)

29

88

Alljointscritical

0.50

97

20

Alljointscritical

0.65

108

Alljointscritical

0.80

112

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JointJ555090:EffectofVaryingUbCutOff
Critical
Brace

Brace
Ub

Critical
Loadcase

2.27

FR7_05

0.03

LC718

0.53

0.87

FR7_05

0.53

LC711

0.65

0.53

0.85

FR7_05

0.67

LC747

0.80

0.53

0.63

FR7_05

1(0.74)*

LC735

UbCutoff

Joint
Uj

Joint
Uj,critical

0.00

0.53

0.50

*Where1(X)isdisplayed:1isusedasthebraceutilisationby Genie.(X)isthe
highestbraceutilisationacrossallloadcases,whichisbelowthecutoffvalue.

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Observations
TheresultsillustratethatastheUbcutoffisprogressivelyincreased,
theincidenceofextremelyhighcriticaljointutilisationsisprevented.
Oftenthegoverningjointbraceloadcasecombinationwillchangeon
thesamejointasclassificationischangedfromnoncriticaltocritical.
Whenahighcriticaljointutilisationisreported,itwillnotbepossibleto
improvetheresultbyincreasingthebracesize,asthiswillprobably
havetheeffectoffurtherreducingUbandhenceincreasingUj.The
designerhaslimitedoptions,e.g.,increasingthecanwallthickness,
adoptingringstiffening,etc.

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LinearAnalysis
Considereveryjointandmemberinthestructure(likeAPI50%rule)
UseaUbcutof?Whatshouldthisbe?
Quick,reliable,easytoimplement.Howevermayendupputtingsteelinto
thewrongpartsofthestructure.
OR
NonLinearAnalysis
Identifiescriticaljointsbyidentifyingcriticalloadpathsatnearcollapseload
levels.
AnalysisofabnormaleventsuchasALE/RLEseismic,pushoverand boat
impact.
Usetheresultsfromthenonlinearanalysisdirectlytoperformjointchecks
(removeoradjustsafetyfactor).