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Force measures for weld calculation

gfraulini
17-Peridot

Force measures for weld calculation

I want to try to extrapolate force (tension) from a welded structure to perform a calculus as prescribed by EN1993-1-8.

 

 

 

trave saldata.JPGweld formulas.JPG

I want obtained the forces by measures of a simple truss loaded by transversally.

On each side of the green beam I want to simulate the presence of two filled weld with a=5mm.


I used two kind of measure: Force and Interface.
Looking on the Help it seems the proper one should be the force measure, but, in this case, I think both should be right.
Exept that the results are different, so which are the right?

 

Thanks

Bye

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I think EC3-1-8 is not possible for FEA

 

my info (in german):

ec3_1-8_fe.JPG

gfraulini
17-Peridot
(To:skunks)

Thanks, after I'll try to translate from german.
Eurocode apart, I don't understand why there is difference between the two measure.

your example is in creo 5...

gfraulini
17-Peridot
(To:skunks)

Tomorrow I gonna attach a new one in Creo 3 Smiley Wink

Here I am.

Bye

corr. att.

measure.JPG

... you need force AND moment ...

gfraulini
17-Peridot
(To:skunks)

So what you've done is to change the reference in the interface measure definition.
Yeah, I had not seen this option in the measure.
But at least now it all adds up with my initial idea reasoning that the two measure must be egual.

 

interface_measure.jpg

gfraulini
17-Peridot
(To:skunks)

I've translated from German your post regarding to the ability to use FEM's datas for EC calcs.
If I've well understood (...) your focus is not over the stress results taken from the measures, but it's about the use of coefficients imposed by the EC (that presume raws calcs of stress) togheter with precise stress results. All of this brings to be excessively conservative.

No no,

EC3-1-8 is NOT for structural stress approach (FEA)!

 

but this

gfraulini
17-Peridot
(To:skunks)

Thanks a lot for the document. I'll read it asap!

info for dynamic loads att.

gfraulini
17-Peridot
(To:skunks)

The EC3's theory establishes the use of a "spreaded tension" all over the section of the weld.
This tension will be reworked through a serie of coefficients to take back the calculated stress to "the real one".


The coefficients that permit all of this are obtained by tests over welded samples, with a certain shape and material (especially construction material like S235). One must always try to trace it back to welded joints like these to maintain valid the calculations.


FEM permits to obtain tension punctuals evaluations over whatever welded links geometrie.; trace we back to the model of a normalized tension over the entire section means loosing much of FEM's potentialities.

 

However, I believe that, if one want really following the EC norm, the method of the normalized/"speaded" tension evaluation is applicable (through those measures which I've asked in the firstes posts of this thread).

 

By going back to FEM's potentialities, for welds it is proposed the FKM use, which they need:

  • the punctual evaluation of max tension (sigma, tau) of the section;
    question: I start by saying that I've not had access to the FKM-Guidelines yet, but in the example (by Paul Kloninger) one considers only the tau_yz and not the tau_xy. This last one should be 0 in the example (no torsion stress) but I would say it should be considered generally. In this case, should it be considered by this formula radq(sigma_z^2 + (tau_yz+tau_xy)^2) [as in the Paul's example at page 6] or this one radq(sigma_z^2 + 3(tau_yz+tau_xy)^2) ?
  • the definition of a rounded weld seam (so, the weld seams must be modeled and insert within the model)
  • a dense mesh on the weld seams

From what I've understood, it doesn't need an elasto-plastic material neither for weld seams nor for the groun material (so the simulation remains in linear field) since one utilizes the plastic shape coefficient n_pl, if the structure's strain remains between 1-5%.

 

In the Paul's document it hasn't been written, but I would say that if the rule of 2*a>=t is respected, then you can consider the weld as a "full deep" (I don't know the right term in english...). So there is material continuity among plates and so you can avoind the use of a contact (non-linear analysis).

 

By utilizing other coefficients obtained by tabs (which I've not seen yet) like alpha_w, j_s, j_p, j_z, one arrives to the calculation of a global coefficient j_ges where:
j_ges > 1 OK
j_ges < 1 BAD

Do I understand correctly?

 

A personal curiosity

At the end of page 6 there is the term "stainless steel" as "rostfrei Edelstal". If I translate (from ENG to GER) the term "stainless steel" I have "rostfrei Stahl", while if I translate back to front (from GER to ENG) the term "Edelstahl" I have "stainless steel". So it seems like to say "stainless stainless-steel". Which is the right translation?

 

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Regarding welds, I take this opportunity for invite you to vote two ideas:

  1. Fillet weld with edges preparation
  2. Edge preparation length for welding

FKM in english

example for weld stress att.

gfraulini
17-Peridot
(To:skunks)

So I have to take in account only sigma and tau orthogonal to the weld section?

sigma "orthogonal" (normal stress) and

tau "parallel" (shear or torsion)

 

 

example att.

stainless steel = in german:

  • rostfreier Edelstahl or
  • Edelstahl (simpler)

"full deep" weld will be understood in English but it is more commonly called "full penetration"

I believe we have a similar issue in many requirements / industries where higher safety factors were used to account for the real stress vs the stress found by simple hand calculations.  For example do we still need 8X safety factor when we have calculated the stress 3X higher than hand calc. because of more accuracy with FEM?  We still have so much in our modern world still based on empirical data "recipies", making the switch to FEM extra difficult when such things have been written into laws and regulations!

yes, ec3 is very conservative..

 

but a most problems i have in CN:

 

cn.jpg

sometimes

cn2.jpg

safety factor is 5 !!!

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