Fatigue Life Prediction using Forces in Welded Plates of Moderate Thickness
| Document type: | Miscellaneous |
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| Author(s): | Pär Fransson, Gert Pettersson |
| Title: | Fatigue Life Prediction using Forces in Welded Plates of Moderate Thickness |
| Type of publication: | Master Thesis |
| Year: | 2000 |
| ISBN: | ISRN: HK/R-IMA-EX--2000/D-02--SE |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (Institutionen för maskinteknik) Dept. of Mechanical Engineering S-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 780 00 http://www.ima.bth.se/ |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | A new finite element based method for fatigue life prediction has been examined. The method uses nodal forces and moments along the weld toe to define a structural stress perpendicular to the weld. The method was found to be less mesh-sensitive than ordinarie post-processing. |
| Subject: | Mechanical Engineering\Structural Mechanics Mechanical Engineering\Structural Dynamics |
| Keywords: | Fatigue Life Prediction, Fillet Weld, Weld toe, Finite Element Method, Shell elements, Nominal Stress, Structural Stress. |
