Fatigue life analyses of welded structures / Tom Lassen, Naman Récho.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminaries; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Basic Characterization of the Fatigue Behavior of Welded Joints; Chapter 3 Experimental Methods and Data Analysis; Chapter 4 Definition and Description of Fatigue Loading; Chapter 5 The S N Approach; Chapter 6 Applied Fracture Mechanics; Chapter 7 Stochastic Modeling; Chapter 8 Proposal for a New Type of S N Curve; Chapter 9 Physical Modeling of the Entire Fatigue Process; Chapter 10 A Notch Stress Field Approach to the Prediction of Fatigue Life; Chapter 11 Multi Axial Fatigue of Welded Joints.

This book deals with practical problems in structural design and service inspection. It explains how to cope with likely future problems relating to fatigue design of welded structures. When correctly understood and applied, models of fatigue behaviour are very useful tools in engineering assessment. Details of how to use calculation tools on an Excel spreadsheet are included to give hands-on experience. These spreadsheets are so detailed that they can be used for realistic industrial cases.

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