A study on the type-b hot spot stress

Stress distributions in the vicinity of type-b hot spot in the in-plane gusset welded joints and in the free edge of the stiffened cruciform welded joints were evaluated according to the solid model, the fine mesh shell model, and the coarse mesh shell model. The hot spot stress (HSS) of each FE model was evaluated by extrapolating the stresses at the read out point (ROP) to the hot spot position according to the recommendations of IIW and were...