G. Meneghetti1
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 111-130, 2012, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2012.008.111
Abstract This paper deals with the local approach based on the Notch Stress Intensity Factors (NSIFs) to analyse the fatigue behavior of welded joints. In transverse load carrying fillet-welded joints, failure may occur either at the toe or at the root, depending on the geometry. At the toe, due to the flank angles that are usually encountered in practice, mode I local stresses are singular, while mode II stresses are not. Conversely, at the root of the particular joints analysed in the present paper both mode I and mode II stresses are singular and must be… More >