SummaryA new simple and accurate shell FE-based structural Hot Spot Stress (HSS) determination method for web-stiffened cruciform joints has been proposed. Local stress of welded joints in full-scale BC lower stool models subject to bending and pressure loadings are examined. HSSs determined by the proposed method are compared with those derived by Lotsberg's method (Lotsberg et al., 2007) and the conventional 0.5t-1.5t extrapolation. It is shown that the local stress of full-scale BC lower stool models with various stool angle and plate thickness can be calculated accurately solely from shell FE results by following the proposed method. HSSs of welded joints in BC lower stool models subject to pressure loadings derived by the proposed method show good agreement with the target HSSs. This demonstrates the validity of the proposed method for actual ship structures under the real load. The proposed HSS determination method has advantage over Lotsberg's method in the accuracy and application range.
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