A novel engineering method based on the critical plane concept to estimate the lifetime of weldments subjected to variable amplitude multiaxial fatigue loading

Modified Wöhler curve method, theory of

Modified Wöhler curve method, theory of critical distances and Eurocode 3: A novel engineering procedure to predict the lifetime of steel welded joints subjected to both uniaxial and multiaxial fatigue loading

✍ L. Susmel 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 364 KB

In order to propose a procedure suitable for assessing steel welded joints by post-processing simple linear-elastic finite element (FE) models, this paper summarises an attempt to formalise a novel approach based on the use of the modified Wo ¨hler curve method (MWCM) applied along with the theory o