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Fatigue Crack Propagation Life of Partially Penetrated Butt Welds in High Strength Steel  

Han, Seung-Ho (Dept. of Structural System Engineering, Korea Institute for Machinery and Materials)
Shin, Byung-Chun (Dept. of Structural System Engineering, Korea Institute for Machinery and Materials)
Lee, Woong (Ground Systems Development Centre, Agency for Defence Development)
Choi, Jeon-Ho (System Development Team, ROTEM Company)
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Journal of Welding and Joining / v.21, no.1, 2003 , pp. 72-79 More about this Journal
Abstract
Fatigue behaviour of partially penetrated butt-welded joints in high strength steel plates, in which crack-like structural defect, i.e. lack of penetration(LOP), is inevitably introduced during welding processes, was investigated. Fatigue lives of two types of welded joints, namely X-grooved and K-grooved joints, were experimentally determined first. Observed fatigue crack propagation behaviours of the partially penetrated butt-welds were interpreted through considering 3-dimensional semi-elliptical crack shape in front of the LOP. Based on such interpretation, a fracture mechanical method to estimate stress intensity factors at the crack tip was proposed. Since the fatigue lift of the partially penetrated butt-welds was strongly influenced by the ratio of size of the LOP to thickness, D/t, the D/t was used as a main parameter to calculate the fatigue lift by using the proposed method. Comparison of the fatigue lift obtained experimentally and analytically agreed well with each other. Hence it is suggested that the method used in this work to predict fatigue lift of the partially penetrated butt-welds can be applied to real cases with improved lift-prediction capability.
Keywords
Partially penetrated butt-welds; Lack of penetration; Fracture mechanical method; Fatigue life;
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