An Energy-Based Approach for Fatigue Life Estimation of Welded Joints without Residual Stress through Thermal-Graphic Measurement

Applied Sciences

Chengji Mi¹  Xuewen Xiao¹  Wentai Li¹  Filippo Berto² 

[1] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou 412007, China;Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway;

关键词: fatigue life prediction;    dissipated energy;    thermo-graphic technique;    thermal evolution;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app9030397

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The traditional methodologies for fatigue life assessment of welded joints strongly depend on geometries and surface characteristics, as well as time. In this paper, an energy-based approach, independent of structures though thermal-graphic measurement, was presented to predict life expectancy of welded joints, via limited number of tests. In order to eliminate the thermal elastic effect caused by the welding residual stress, annealing was first conducted on welded specimens. Both monotonic and cyclic tests for welded joints were implemented. Then, based on the thermal evolution of welded joints measured by the quantitative thermo-graphic method, an energy-based approach, taking the linear temperature evolution and the intrinsic dissipation into account, was employed on the fatigue life prediction of flat butt-welded joints. The estimated results showed good agreement with the experimental ones, and the energy tolerance to failure $E_c$ for different stress amplitudes was found to be constant.

【 授权许可】

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