Fatigue Assessment of Welded Joints by Local Approaches

Citation

(1999), "Fatigue Assessment of Welded Joints by Local Approaches", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 46 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.1999.12846cae.001

Fatigue Assessment of Welded Joints by Local Approaches

Fatigue Assessment of Welded Joints by Local Approaches

D. Radaj and C.M. Sonsino

Keywords Fatigue, Publication, Welding

This new book presents a systematic survey of the various local approaches to the fatigue assessment of weld details, including the basis of each method, background research, developments and practical applications.

The local approaches of fatigue strength assessment have become an indispensable design tool for the layout and dimensioning of welded structures. Because fatigue failures in structural members originate from extremely localised phenomena, it follows that fatigue assessments should be based as far as possible on the local parameters of geometry, loading and material.

The authors of Fatigue Assessment of Welded Joints by Local Approaches review the available knowledge on the subject, gather the necessary data for the practical application and demonstrate the power of the local concept with detailed examples from offshore engineering, shipbuilding, structural engineering, pressure vessel design and automotive engineering.

The book covers the hot spot structural stress approach to fatigue in general, the notch stress and notch strain approach to crack initiation and the fracture mechanics approach to crack propagation. Seam-welded and spot-welded joints in structural steels and aluminium alloys are also considered.

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