ALLOWABLE STRESS RANGE ANALYSIS FOR ABS FATIGUE LIFE ASSESSMENT

ON TUBULAR DETAIL ACCORDING TO ABS GUIDE 2003 (UPDATED 2014)

No. ITEMS Nomenclature Value Reference

1 ABS CURVE CLASS ABS-T ABS-T(A) Section 3.5.1, for ‘corrosiveness’ situations in Air

2 Proposed Design Life in Years Ty 50 Project Requirement

3 Fatigue Design Factor FDF 5 ABS Table 1, Appendix 3
4 Average Load Period in second (Average Tload) 6.300
5 Plate` Thickness in mm t 14.45
6 Design Life in second Td 7.9E+09
7 Total Design Cycles in Design Life NT 1.3E+09
Number of cycles when S-N curve
8 NQ 1.00E+07
has slope change
9 Fatigue strength coefficient A 1.46E+12
ABS Assumption for 108 cycles in 20 years
Based on Design (With Internal Corrosion
Allowance)
FDF*Ty*365*24*60*60
Td / (Average Tload)
ABS S-N Curves for Tubular Details (Section
3,Table 4)

10 Fatigue strength exponent m 3

ABS Parameter for Tubular Details (Section
C 4.05E+15
11 Fatigue
F ti Strength
St th Parameters
P t 3 Table 4
3,Table 4, for MPa unit)
r 5
Stress Range when it has slope
12 SQ 52.7
change in MPa
13 Thickness exponent factor k -0.25 ABS setion 3.5.1

1. ABS Section 2.1.3 for stress range parameter

Max.calculated principle stress range
and 3
3.5.1
5 1 for thickness correction (if t ≥ 32 mm)
14 in the basic reference thickness in SR 200.45
2. To be used for stress analysis in Finite
MPa
Element Analysis
Weibull Stress Range Scale
15 δ 10.0
Parameter
Weibull Stress Range Shape
16 Ϫ 1 ABS Section 5.3.3
Parameter
Number of cycles in referenced
17 NR 5 0E+08
5.0E+08
period of time
Gamma functions for cumulative Γ (a,z) 3.416
18 ABS Section 5.3.7
damage calculation Γ0 (a,z) 2.584
Cumulative fatigue damage based on ABS
19 Damage Calculation D 3.015
Section 5.3.7
FDF*Ty y / D, OK, the total design
g life based on
Total Design Life in years based on
20 Design Lifetime 82.918 max. principle stress range in the reference
cumulative damage
thickness is larger than proposed design life