Fracture and Fatigue of Welded Joints and Structures

• Author : K Macdonald
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 19 April 2011

The failure of any welded joint is at best inconvenient and at worst can lead to catastrophic accidents. Fracture and fatigue of welded joints and structures analyses the processes and causes of fracture and fatigue, focusing on how the failure of welded joints and structures can be predicted and minimised in the design process. Part one concentrates on analysing fracture of welded joints and structures, with chapters on constraint-based fracture mechanics for predicting joint failure, fracture assessment methods and the

• Author : T R Gurney
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 25 August 2006

Fatigue is a mechanism of failure which involves the formation and growth of cracks under the action of repeated stresses. Ultimately, a crack may propagate to such an extent that total fracture of the member may occur. To avoid fatigue it is essential to design the structure with inherent fatigue strength. However, fatigue strength for variable amplitude loading is not a constant material property and any calculations are necessarily built on a number of assumptions. Cumulative damage of welded joints

• Author : Dieter Radaj
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 03 January 1990

An English version of a sucessful German book. Both traditional and modern concepts are described.

• Author : Dieter Radaj,C M Sonsino,W Fricke
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 30 October 2006

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

• Author : S J Maddox
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 14 March 2014

The key to avoidance of fatigue, which is the main cause of service failures, is good design. In the case of welded joints, which are particularly susceptible to fatigue, design rules are available. However, their effective use requires a good understanding of fatigue and an appreciation of problems concerned with their practical application. Fatigue strength of welded structures has incorporates up-to-date design rules with high academic standards whilst still achieving a practical approach to the subject. The book presents design

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 June 1992

• Author : Philippa L Moore,Geoff Booth
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 21 November 2014

The Welding Engineer's Guide to Fracture and Fatigue provides an essential introduction to fracture and fatigue and the assessment of these failure modes, through to the level of knowledge that would be expected of a qualified welding engineer. Part one covers the basic principles of weld fracture and fatigue. It begins with a review of the design of engineered structures, provides descriptions of typical welding defects and how these defects behave in structures undergoing static and cyclical loading, and explains

• Author : T. R. Gurney
• Publisher : CUP Archive
• Release : 20 December 1979

• Author : A. F. Hobbacher
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 23 December 2015

This book provides a basis for the design and analysis of welded components that are subjected to fluctuating forces, to avoid failure by fatigue. It is also a valuable resource for those on boards or commissions who are establishing fatigue design codes. For maximum benefit, readers should already have a working knowledge of the basics of fatigue and fracture mechanics. The purpose of designing a structure taking into consideration the limit state for fatigue damage is to ensure that the

• Author : D. Radaj,C. M. Sonsino
• Publisher : William Andrew Pub
• Release : 01 June 1999

Reviews the knowledge on approaches to fatigue assessment of welded joints, gathers the data necessary for their practical application and demonstrates the power of the local concept by way of demonstration examples from research and industry. This book also considers seam-welded and spot-welded joints in structural steels and aluminium alloys.

• Author : Tom Lassen,Naman Récho
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 01 March 2013

Avoiding or controlling fatigue damage is a major issue in thedesign and inspection of welded structures subjected to dynamicloading. Life predictions are usually used for safe life analysis,i.e. for verifying that it is very unlikely that fatigue damagewill occur during the target service life of a structure. Damagetolerance analysis is used for predicting the behavior of a fatiguecrack and for planning of in-service scheduled inspections. Itshould be a high probability that any cracks appearing are detectedand repaired before

• Author : T R Gurney
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 03 January 1991

This report is the result of a major study on the influence of both main plate thickness and of attachment size on the fatigue strength of joints with transverse non-load-carrying fillet welds. In particular, it defines the extent to which the size of the attachment might influence the thickness effect in such joints. Through a whole range of different tests, the study confirms that the present thickness effect correction for certain types of joint is too severe.

• Author : Magd Abdel Wahab
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 12 December 2020

This book comprises the select proceedings of Structural Damage Modelling and Assessment (SDMA 2020) presented online on 4–5 August 2020. It discusses the recent advances in fields related to damage modelling, damage detection and assessment, non-destructive testing and evaluation, structure integrity and structural health monitoring. The conference covers all research topics and applications relevant to structural damage modelling and assessment using theoretical, numerical and experimental techniques. This book is useful to scientists and engineers in academia and industry who are interested in the

• Author : J Hicks
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 30 September 1999

Based on the European Welding Engineer (EWF) syllabus Part 3 – Construction and Design, this book provides a clear, highly illustrated and concise explanation of how welded joints and structures are designed and of the constraints which welding may impose on the design. It is therefore of value both to the welding engineer and the design engineer Many engineers coming into the profession of welding engineering lack a background in design and construction of welded structures and plant. This book has been

• Author : E. Niemi,W Fricke,S J Maddox
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 27 September 2006

This report provides background and guidance on the use of the structural hot spot stress approach to the fatigue design of welded components and structures. It complements the IIW recommendations for 'Fatigue Design of Welded Joints and Components' and extends the information provided in the IIW recommendations on 'Stress Determination for Fatigue Analysis of Welded Components'. This approach is applicable to cases of potential fatigue cracking from the weld toe. It has been in use for many years in the