The Study of SCF about Cross Shaped Board - Welded Hollow Spherical Joints

Abstract:

In this paper, the main influence factors of stress-concentrated coefficient Kt of cross shaped board-welded hollow spherical joints were analyzed by ANSYS. Through the combination of 17 specifications of welded hollow spheres and 40 specifications of cross shaped boards to form 122 kinds of cross shaped board–welded hollow spherical Joints, the paper mainly analyzed the influence on stress-concentrated coefficient Kt from some factors as follows: the length of the connection of the cross shaped boards (a)、the thickness of the cross shaped boards (t) , the outside diameter of the welded-hollow spheres (D) , the thickness of the spheres (δ), the weld size (hf) and the cross shaped boards which are cut or not. The analysis results showed: the SCF of the joints and some factors（a、t、D、δand hf） in all .A cross shaped board to cut its corner or not affected the stress distribution of the joints and the biggest difference between 12%; In the cross shaped boards connected the same length, when it rises to some degree, the influence of (δ) on ( Kt) is smaller; Along with the thickness of the large diameter welded hollow spheres increases, the slope of the stress-concentrated coefficient Kt increases; It is better to choose the hollow spheres with the small diameter or thick wall, and choose the cross shaped boards which shall be a little thinner, and also increase the connected length between the welded hollow spheres and the cross shaped boards; When the weld size is larger than or equal to 12 millimeters, SCF gently changes.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 446-449)
• Pages: 3108-3114
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.446-449.3108
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Jin Feng Jiao, Hong Gang Lei
• Keywords: Cross-Shaped Board, Finite Element, Stress Concentration, Welded-Hollow Sphere

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