Total load

Diameter of pipe
Thickness of pipe
UDL on periphery of one pipe

Load carrying capacity of central stiffene

Arc length of pipe
load on stiffener
Assume thickness of web
Assumed thickness of stiffener
Length of stiffener
Length of web
Effective area

Combined MOI of web and stiffener

Radius of gyration(r)

Length of web
Effective length
slenderness ratio(λ)

Design compressive stress(fcd)

Design compressive strength( F)

Load carrying capacity of end stiffener

arc length of pipe
load on stiffener
Thickness of web
Width of cover plate
Thickness of stiffener
Length of stiffener
Length of web

Radius of gyration®
Length of web
Effective length
 slenderness ratio(λ)
Design compressive strength( F)
Design of covering plate
Area of cover plate
UDL
Projection from long side(a)
Projection from shorter side(b)
Thickness required(tp)

Thickness provided

Design of weld
Horizontal shear(F)
Size of weld
Throat thickness t
Ultimate strength of weld(fu)
shear strength of weld(fw)

Length of weld required(lw)

length of weld provided

 = 18238 kN
= 570 mm
= 30 mm
= 18238/(3.14 × 570)
= 9.92 kN/mm
acity of central stiffener
= 871.35 mm
= 8643 kN
= 45 mm
= 45 mm
= 720 mm
= 525 mm
= 45x525+60x720
= 56025 mm2
= 7203x60/12 + 525x453/12
= 1403666719 mm4
=
= 158.28 mm
= 600 mm
= 420 mm
= KL/r
= 2.267481249
= (from table 9-c )
= 248.5350924 N/mm2
= 248.535x56025
13892.13 kN
ok
apacity of end stiffener
= 435 mm
= 4319 kN
= 45 mm
= 150 mm
= 45 mm
= 337.5 mm
= 250 mm
= 26437.5 mm2
= 146061035.15 mm4
= 74.32 mm
= 600 mm
= 420 mm
 = 243.62 N/mm2
= 6440.8 kN ok
covering plate
= 464400 mm2
= (18238.6 × 1000)/464400
= 39.27 N/mm2
= 75 mm
= 75 mm
=
= fy /γm0

= 39.32 mm
45 mm
gn of weld
= 1277.66 kN
= 8 mm
= 5.6 mm
= 400 N/mm2
=
= 184.75 N/mm2
=
= 1234.88 mm
= π×D×2
= 1789.8 mm