Simplified Effective Notch Stress calculation for non-overlapping circular hollow section K-Joints

This paper presents two simplified procedures for the calculation of the Effective Notch Stress (ENS) on non-overlapping circular hollow section (CHS) K-joints. The proposed procedures aim to alleviate the modeling challenges associated with the traditional ENS calculation on joints with complex geometry, such as the CHS joints. The first procedure is an extension of the recently proposed extrapolation method, similar to the extrapolation in the...