Fatigue assessment of welded joints by local approaches

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Radaj ◽  
C M Sonsino ◽  
W Fricke
Keyword(s):  
Welded Joints ◽  
Fatigue Assessment

Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Growth Curves in Existing Codes and a Proposed Modification Based on Experimental Data of Cr-Ni-Mo-V Steel Welded Joints

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Nan Du ◽  
Ming-Liang Zhu ◽  
Fu-Zhen Xuan ◽  
Shan-Tung Tu
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Fatigue Assessment ◽  
Crack Growth Model ◽  
Threshold Regime ◽  
Near Threshold

A comparison of currently available codes for assessment of fatigue crack growth, including ASME (America Society of Mechanical Engineers) SEC. XI, FKM (Forchungskuratorium Maschinenbau) guideline, WES (Japan Welding Engineering Society) 2805, BS7910 and JSME (The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers), was carried out by paying attention to the suitability of application and the easiness to obtain the parameters, based on fatigue crack growth data of Cr-Ni-Mo-V steel welded joints. Results showed that fatigue crack growth curves provided by the FKM or WES were good choice when few inputs were at hand while the curves in the BS7910, JSME and ASME were recommended for precise estimation. It was indicated that the assessment of welded joints solely by fatigue crack growth behavior at base metal part and the assessment of fatigue crack growth for the aged condition by as-received one both resulted in non-conservativeness, albeit dependent on the range of stress ratios, R. A new bilinear form of fatigue crack growth model independent of R was developed based on transition point occurred in the near-threshold regime. This constituted the bilinear approach to fatigue assessment, and thus contributed to the optimization of fatigue assessment in the near-threshold regime.

scholarly journals EXTREMELY LOW CYCLE FATIGUE ASSESSMENT FOR WELDED JOINTS BASED ON PEAK STRAIN APPROACH

2006 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
Takeshi HANJI ◽  
Kazuo TATEISHI ◽  
Kuniaki MINAMI ◽  
Kazuya KITOH
Keyword(s):  
Welded Joints ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Peak Strain ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Assessment

scholarly journals Crack Initiation and Propagation Fatigue Life of Ultra High-Strength Steel Butt Joints

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (21) ◽  
pp. 4590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus J. Ottersböck ◽  
Martin Leitner ◽  
Michael Stoschka ◽  
Wilhelm Maurer
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
High Strength Steel ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Crack Initiation And Propagation ◽  
Butt Joints ◽  
Fatigue Assessment ◽  
Initiation And Propagation ◽  
Ultra High Strength Steel

The division of the total fatigue life into different stages such as crack initiation and propagation is an important issue in regard to an improved fatigue assessment especially for high-strength welded joints. The transition between these stages is fluent, whereas the threshold between the two phases is referred to as technical crack initiation. This work presents a procedure to track crack initiation and propagation during fatigue tests of ultra high-strength steel welded joints. The method utilizes digital image correlation to calculate a distortion field of the specimens’ surface enabling the identification and measurement of cracks along the weld toe arising during the fatigue test. Hence, technical crack initiation of each specimen can be derived. An evaluation for ten ultra high-strength steel butt joints reveals, that for this superior strength steel grade more than 50% of fatigue life is spent up to a crack depth of 0.5 mm, which can be defined as initial crack. Furthermore, a notch-stress based fatigue assessment of these specimens considering the actual weld topography and crack initiation and propagation phase is performed. The results point out that two phase models considering both phases enable an increased accuracy of service life assessment.

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