EVALUATION ON THE FATIGUE STRENGTH OF SINGLE-SIDED WELDED JOINTS WITH CERAMIC BACKING MATERIAL

This report presents S-N testing results of the butt and T-joint weldment which are produced by single sided welding with cenramic backing material. The specimen is designed in accordance with JISZ 3103 aid the test is peformed by the JSME S002. The nominal and hot spot stress based design S-N curves derived from fatigue tests are compared with the BS design curve. For butt and T-joint, it can be known that the double-sided butt welding process could be replaced by the single sided butt welding.