Fracture and Fatigue of Welded Joints and Structures

Fatigue is often a precursor to the fracture of a welded joint. This book summarises the latest research in understanding fatigue and fracture in welded joints and structures. Part 1 reviews welded joints with chapters on fatigue strength assessment of local stresses, the use of fracture mechanics i [...]
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Fatigue is often a precursor to the fracture of a welded joint. This book summarises the latest research in understanding fatigue and fracture in welded joints and structures. Part 1 reviews welded joints with chapters on fatigue strength assessment of local stresses, the use of fracture mechanics in fatigue and failure analysis and ways of improving weld joint class systems. Part 2 discusses welded structures with chapters on fatigue design rules for welded structures, fatigue assessment methods for variable amplitude loading, improving fatigue design using local approaches and modelling residual stresses in predicting the service life of welded structures.