ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the narrow channels with only 5 mm radius on the skin surfaces of the T-joint with the minimum filler radius decreases the hotspot stress about more the 24 percent and the surface roughness of the skin increases the hotspot stress about 6 per cent. The function of the T-joint is to transmit flexural, shear and tensile loads between the hull and bulkhead. L. S. Sutherland & C. Guedes Soares and Sutherland et al. investigated the strength of marine type T-joints in a large experimental study using statistical experimental design methods to determine the effects of adhesive and surface cleaning. A typical marine Fiber Reinforced Plastic sandwich T-joint is analysed numerically using the ANSYS finite element (FE) software to determine the most appropriate geometrical parameters for filler and channel radiuses. The effect of the geometry of the T-joint on the strain distribution was investigated using FE analysis.
