Fatigue life prediction of welded box structures

  • H. Zedira*
  • , J. Gilgert
  • , A. Boumaza
  • , P. Jodin
  • , Z. Azari
  • , G. Pluvinage
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to predict fatigue life of metal welded boxes. Experimental results of fatigue life are satisfactory predicted using an analytical scheme based on the volumetric approach.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17-25
Number of pages9
JournalProblemy Prochnosti
Issue number6
StatePublished - 2004

Keywords

  • Effective stress
  • Ratio of the fatigue strength of smooth specimen to that of notched specimens
  • Relative stress gradient
  • Volumetric method
  • Welded box-shaped structure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanics of Materials

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