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Fatigue Assessment of Welded Joints by Local Approaches

  • 2nd Edition - October 30, 2006
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Dieter Radaj, C M Sonsino, W Fricke
  • Language: English

Local approaches to fatigue assessment are used to predict the structural durability of welded joints, to optimise their design and to evaluate unforeseen joint failures. This… Read more

Description

Local approaches to fatigue assessment are used to predict the structural durability of welded joints, to optimise their design and to evaluate unforeseen joint failures. This standard work provides a systematic survey of the principles and practical applications of the various methods. It 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.This completely reworked second edition takes into account the tremendous progress in understanding and applying local approaches which has been achieved in the last decade. It is a standard reference for designers, structural analysts and testing engineers who are responsible for the fatigue-resistant in-service behaviour of welded structures.

Key features

  • Completely reworked second edition of a standard work providing a systematic survey of the principles and practical applications of the various methods
  • 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.
  • Written by a distinguished team of authors

Readership

Designers, structural analysts, and testing engineers who are responsible for the fatigue-resistant in-service behavior of welded structures

Table of contents

Nominal stress approach for welded jointsStructural stress or strain approach for seam-welded jointsNotch stress approach for seam-welded jointsNotch strain approach for seam-welded jointsCrack propagation approach for seam-welded jointsNotch stress intensity approach for seam-welded jointsLocal approaches applied to a seam-welded tubular jointStructural stress or strain approach for spot-welded and similar lap jointsStress intensity approach for spot-welded and similar lap jointsNotch stress, notch strain and crack propagation approach for spot-welded and similar lap jointsSignificance, limitations and potential of local approaches.

Review quotes

"...a standard reference for designers, structural analysts and testing engineers."—Welding and Cutting

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 30, 2006
  • Language: English

About the authors

DR

Dieter Radaj

Affiliations and expertise
Braunschweig Technical University

CS

C M Sonsino

Cetin Morris Sonsino, Dr-Ing, is Professor of Structural Durability at both Darmstadt University of Technology and Saarland University, and Deputy Head of Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability at Darmstadt.
Affiliations and expertise
Darmstadt and Saarland Universities

WF

W Fricke

Professor Dr-Ing. Wolfgang Fricke is Head of the Institute for Ship Structural Design and Analysis at Hamburg University of Technology, Germany.
Affiliations and expertise
Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

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