scholarly journals Fatigue assessment of welded joints by means of the Strain Energy Density method: Numerical predictions and comparison with Eurocode 3

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (47) ◽  
pp. 104-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Foti ◽  
Filippo Berto ◽  
Stefano Filippi
2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (42) ◽  
pp. 205-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Peron ◽  
S.M.J. Razavi ◽  
F. Berto ◽  
J. Torgersen ◽  
F. Mutignani

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 22003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigi Mario Viespoli ◽  
Antonio Alvaro ◽  
Bård Nyhus ◽  
Filippo Berto

The paper investigates the use of an energetic approach based on the strain energy density failure criteria to predict the fatigue life of welded joints in aluminum alloy. The cited criterion has already been proved valid to assess the failure of components in presence of sharp and blunt notches, and several results are present in the literature for different materials. The geometry tested in the present work is a double V-grooved full penetration butt weld, subsequently heat treated, and loaded orthogonally to the welding direction with load ratio R=0. This configuration makes the weld toe a notch of great opening angle. The aim of the paper is to verify the soundness of the energetic criteria for this class of welded joints, comparing the tests results with the numerical predictions. In the computational part, the energy in a given volume can be computed directly from the nodal displacements, thus not needing the stress values. Differently from the stress intensity factor approach, this property allows to a fast computation of the strain energy density by the means of a coarse mesh. The results of different configurations of geometry and meshing are compared to find the simplest modeling scheme capable of providing an accurate estimate of the fatigue life of the joint.


2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 734-742
Author(s):  
Pietro Foti ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Javad Razavi ◽  
Liviu Marsavina ◽  
Filippo Berto

2021 ◽  
Vol 230 ◽  
pp. 111716
Author(s):  
Pietro Foti ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Javad Razavi ◽  
Majid Reza Ayatollahi ◽  
Liviu Marsavina ◽  
Filippo Berto

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