Mid Month Bulletin 27

PWL#059B - Resources on Fatigue of Welded Structures, Weld Fatigue Improvement Techniques, Ultrasonic Impact Treatment, Fatigue Life Simulation, Predicting Fatigue Life, Fatigue Assessment, Fatigue Management and more...

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Resources on Fatigue of Welded Structures and related subjects

An Article on Fatigue Failures was published (7) in issue 4 of Practical Welding Letter for December 2003. Click on PWL#04 to see it.

An Article on Thermal Fatigue was published (2) in Issue 16 of Practical Welding Letter for November 2004. Click on PWL#016 to see it.

An Article on Ultrasonic Impact Treatment was published (11) in Issue 56 of Practical Welding Letter for April 2008. Click on PWL#056 to see it.

From TWI
Fatigue Testing - Part 1
http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/protected/band_3/jk78.html
Fatigue Testing - Part 2
http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/protected/band_3/jk79.html
Fatigue Testing - Part 3
http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/protected/band_3/jk80.html

Introduction to Fatigue of Welded Steel Structures and
Post-Weld Improvement Techniques (10 pages)
http://www.wtia.com.au/pdf/TGN-D-02%20Fatigue%20Improvement%20of%20Welded%20Structures.pdf

Post Weld Fatigue Improvement Techniques –
Ultrasonic Impact Treatment (4 pages)
http://www.wtia.com.au/pdf/TGN-RT-01%20Post%20Weld%20Fatigue%20Improvement%20UIT.pdf

On Shotpeening for Fatigue Life Improvement
http://www.lambdatechs.com/html/resources/238.pdf#search=%22carpenter%20450%20steel%22

Introductory fatigue tests
on welded joints in high strength steel [...] UIT
http://www.appliedultrasonics.com/pdf/pdf3.pdf

Application of Ultrasonic Peening for Fatigue Life
Improvement of Automotive Welded Wheels (9 pages)
http://www.itlinc.com/pdf/40_IIW-2075-05.pdf

Fatigue of Welded Joints
http://www.gowelding.com/weld/fatigue/fatigue.htm

Residual Stress Analysis and Fatigue -
Assessment of Welded Steel Structures (48 pages)
http://www.diva-portal.org/kth/theses/abstract.xsql?dbid=4687

Seam Weld Fatigue Analysis - FEMFAT (17 slides)
http://www.fatigue.org/minutes/spring-2003/seam%20weld%20fatigue%20analysis%20femfat.pdf

CCOPPS: Fatigue of Welded Pressure Vessels
http://www.nafems.org/events/nafems/2008/ccoppsfatigue/
(Download the Webinar - 53 slides)

Comparing Weld Fatigue Behavior Of Stainless Steels
http://files.aws.org/conferences/abstracts/2004/papers/SPA8.pdf

A spot-weld Fatigue Analysis Module
in the MSC/Fatigue Environment (13 pages)
http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/library/conf/wuc96/07b_heye.pdf

Fatigue Life Prediction of HSLA-65 Welds (10 pages)
http://www.plsystems.us/papers/fatigue-paper.pdf

Corrosion Fatigue in Friction-Stir-Welded Aluminum
http://mstd.nrl.navy.mil/6320/6323/FSWFatigue.html

Fatigue Assessment of Aluminium
Welded Box-stiffener Joints in Ships (172 pages)
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http://www.diva-portal.org/ntnu/abstract.xsql?dbid=2139

The effect of Cathodic Polarization on Fatigue Behavior (22 pages)
http://www.fitness4service.com/publications/pdf_downloads/NACEfinalJaske03243reprint.pdf

A New Way to Look at Welding
http://www.autofieldguide.com/articles/030508.html

Virtual Welded-Joint Design Integrating
Advanced Materials and Processing Technologies (78 pages)
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/imf/pdfs/1773_virtual.pdf

An Investigation of Resistance Welding Performance of
Advanced High-Strength Steels (115 pages)
http://www.a-sp.org/database/custom/An%20Investigation%20of%20Resistance%20Welding%20Performance%20of%20AHSS.pdf

Fatigue Strength of Fillet-Welded Transverse
Stiffeners with Undercuts (76 pages)
http://www.utexas.edu/research/ctr/pdf_reports/0_4178_1.pdf

The Effect of Spot Weld Failure on
Dynamic Vehicle Performance (9 pages)
http://www.sandvmag.com/downloads/0504dond.pdf

Government, Military and Industry Links
http://www.lambdatechs.com/publications/links.html

Fatigue Management
http://www.structint.com/tekbrefs/sib96178/sib96178.html

Weldability and Weld Fatigue
http://www.ussautomotive.com/auto/lab/projects.htm

Narrow-Gap Improved Electroslag Welding for Bridges
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/esw.htm

Predicting Fatigue Life of Welded Joints
under Multiaxial Loads (48 slides)
http://www.steel.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=PDFs&CONTENTFILEID=5397&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm

Fatigue Testing and Life Estimates of
Welded Flat Head Pressure Vessel Joints
http://www.prg-software.com/research/hinnantpvp2006.pdf

An Article on Aligning a Long Shaft was published (3) in Issue 112 of Practical Welding Letter for December 2012.
Click on PWL#112 to see it.

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