The objective of this paper was to investigate the fatigue performance of the thick plate structural steel butt-welded joints influenced by its geometrical factors, such as the notch angles, incomplete penetration length, and plate thickness. Utilizing experimental tests, finite element calculations, and analytical models, the fatigue behavior of various weld joint shapes and dimensions was analyzed, and the discrepancy of fatigue strength for different incomplete penetration lengths was evaluated using the nominal stress method. Meanwhile, the local approaches, including notch stress intensity factor (NSIF), averaged strain energy density (SED), effective notch stress (ENS) method, peak stress method (PSM), and implicit gradient effective stress (IGES) method, are employed to assess the fatigue life of thick plate welded joints. According to the results, incomplete penetration ratios in butt-welded joints led to a decrease in fatigue strength. The analytical solutions of butt-welded joints in high cycle regime based on SED results were obtained to estimate the fatigue characteristic values for different plate thickness and incomplete penetration ratios. The proposed equations could illustrate the relationship between the nominal stress and local SED dealing with the variations of incomplete penetration length and geometrical dimensions. Moreover, the results obtained by the analysis of ENS, PSM, and IGES could be deduced by the analytical models to determine the fatigue life of welded joints.

Fatigue failure investigation of thick plate butt-welded joints with incomplete penetration effect / Song, W.; Xia, X.; Wei, S.; Shi, X.; Cui, M.; Li, Z.; Berto, F.. - In: FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES. - ISSN 8756-758X. - 46:5(2023), pp. 1792-1809. [10.1111/ffe.13962]

Fatigue failure investigation of thick plate butt-welded joints with incomplete penetration effect

Berto F.
2023

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to investigate the fatigue performance of the thick plate structural steel butt-welded joints influenced by its geometrical factors, such as the notch angles, incomplete penetration length, and plate thickness. Utilizing experimental tests, finite element calculations, and analytical models, the fatigue behavior of various weld joint shapes and dimensions was analyzed, and the discrepancy of fatigue strength for different incomplete penetration lengths was evaluated using the nominal stress method. Meanwhile, the local approaches, including notch stress intensity factor (NSIF), averaged strain energy density (SED), effective notch stress (ENS) method, peak stress method (PSM), and implicit gradient effective stress (IGES) method, are employed to assess the fatigue life of thick plate welded joints. According to the results, incomplete penetration ratios in butt-welded joints led to a decrease in fatigue strength. The analytical solutions of butt-welded joints in high cycle regime based on SED results were obtained to estimate the fatigue characteristic values for different plate thickness and incomplete penetration ratios. The proposed equations could illustrate the relationship between the nominal stress and local SED dealing with the variations of incomplete penetration length and geometrical dimensions. Moreover, the results obtained by the analysis of ENS, PSM, and IGES could be deduced by the analytical models to determine the fatigue life of welded joints.
2023
butt-welded joint; fatigue strength; incomplete penetration; local approach; thickness effect
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Fatigue failure investigation of thick plate butt-welded joints with incomplete penetration effect / Song, W.; Xia, X.; Wei, S.; Shi, X.; Cui, M.; Li, Z.; Berto, F.. - In: FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES. - ISSN 8756-758X. - 46:5(2023), pp. 1792-1809. [10.1111/ffe.13962]
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