• SACS - Strange SCF of Tubular Connection with Ring Stiffeners

    Dear Sir, I am curious about SCF calculation for tubular connection with ring stiffeners. It is mentioned that Smedley and Fisher (1991) formula is applied. The R-factor calculated by using the formula mentioned above looks ok. However, the final…
  • RE: USER DEFINED SCF FOR TUBULAR CONNECTION

    C.karthikeyan, You can specify SCF overrides in a variety of ways in your fatigue input file, the most common being the SCF line and the CONSWF for plate girders. The SCF line can be used to override SCF's for all plate girder connections whereas the…
  • DNVGL-RP-0005 (2014) : Reduction factor for root stress of single-sided welded in tubular joints

    Dear Sir, Is SACS able to calculate "Reduction factor" for root stress of single-sided welded in tubular joints as per Table D-6 of DNVGL-RP-0005? If it is cannot. Please help to suggest how to tackle the stress at root. I planned to use EFR option…
  • RE: User Defined SCF Values in SACS

    Kapildeb, I apologize for the confusion. It appears that the CONSCF card image was generated incorrectly for the manual and needs to be fixed. I have attached an older version of the same card image with the correct input for that table and I have submitted…