• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.204-204
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• 2000

There are many weld defects such as surface crack, lack of fusion, and incomplete penetration(IP) in the butt joint weld of the existing steel bridges. The crack-like defects may significantly reduce the life of the structure. This paper presents the procedure and the results of the fatigue life assessment of the butt joints with weld defects in the existing steel girder bridge. The butt joint welds with incomplete penetration were instrumented with strain gages to determine the stress histogram under normal traffic. Based on the measured stress histogram the crack propagation analysis were performed for the fatigue life assessment. By using the suggested procedure and methodology, one can decide the time of periodic inspection and the necessity of repair of the butt joint welds with serious weld defects in the existing steel bridge. (Received October 1, 1999)

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2000

There are many weld defects such as surface crack, lack of fusion, and incomplete penetration (IP) in the butt joint weld of existing steel bridges. The crack-like defects may significantly reduce the fatigue life of the structure. This paper presents the procedure and the results of the fatigue life assessment of the butt joints with weld defects in the existing steel girder bridge. The butt joint welds with incomplete penetration were instrumented with strain gages to determine the stress histogram under normal traffic. Based on the measured stress histogram the crack propagation analysis were performed for the fatigue life assessment. By using the suggested procedure and methodology, one can decide the time of periodic inspection and the necessity of repair of the butt joint welds with serious weld defects in the existing steel bridge.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.101-107
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• 2003

Since stainless steel sheets have good mechanical properties, weldability, appearance and corrosion resistance, they are commonly used as one of the structural materials of the railroad cars or the commercial vehicles which are manufactured by the spat welding. Among the many kinds of spot welded lap joints, it can be found that multi-lap joints are employed in their body structure. But, fatigue strength of these joints is lower than that of base metal due to high stress concentration at the nugget edge of spot weld and is considerably influenced by welding conditions as well as the mechanical and geometrical factors. Thus, it is necessary to establish a reasonable and systematic design criterion for the long life design of the spot-welded body structures. In this paper, the stress distribution and deformation around the spot-welded multi-lap joints subjected to tensile shear load was numerically analyzed. Also, the $\Delta$P-Nf curve was obtained by fatigue tests. Using these results, $\Delta$P-Nf curves were rearranged in to the ${\Delta}{\sigma}$-Nf relation with the maximum stress at nugget edge of spot weld.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제60권1호
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• pp.51-69
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• 2016

A large number of welded steel moment-resisting framed (SMRF) structures failed due to brittle fracture induced by ductile fracture at beam-to-column connections during 1994 Northridge earthquake and 1995 Kobe (Hyogoken-Nanbu) earthquake. Extensive research efforts have been devoted to clarifying the mechanism of the observed failures and corresponding countermeasures to ensure more ductile design of welded SMRF structures, while limited research on the failure analysis of the ductile cracking was conducted due to lack of computational capacity and proper theoretical models. As the first step to solve this complicated problem, this paper aims to establish a straightforward procedure to simulate ductile cracking of welded joints under monotonic tension. There are two difficulties in achieving the aim of this study, including measurement of true stress-true strain data and ductile fracture parameters of different subzones in a welded joint, such as weld deposit, heat affected zone and the boundary between the two. Butt joints are employed in this study for their simple configuration. Both experimental and numerical studies on two types of butt joints are conducted. The validity of the proposed procedure is proved by comparison between the experimental and numerical results.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.68-75
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• 2005

The fatigue life of welded joints is associated with crack initiation and propagation life. Theses cannot be easily separated, since the definition of crack initiation is vague due to the initiation of multiple cracks that are distributed randomly along the weld toes. In this paper a method involving a notch strain and fracture mechanical approach, which considers the characteristics of welded joints, e.g. welding residual stress and statistical characteristics of multiple cracks, is proposed, in an attempt to reasonably estimate these fatigue lives. The fatigue crack initiation life was evaluated statistically, e.g. the probability of failure occurrence in 2.3, 50 and $97.7\%$, in which the cyclic response of the local stress/strain hi the vicinity of the weld toes and notch factors derived by the irregular shape of the weld bead are taken into account. The fatigue crack propagation life was simulated by using Monte-Carlo method in consideration of the Ad-factor and the mechanical behavior of mutual interaction/coalescence between two adjacent cracks. The estimated total fatigue life, $(N_T)_{P50\%}$, as a sum of crack initiation and propagation life under the probability of failure occurrence in $50\%$ showed a good agreement with the experimental results. The developed technique for fatigue lift estimation enables to provide a quantitative proportion of crack initiation and propagation life in the total fatigue life due to the nominal stress range, ${\Delta}S$.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제14권5호통권60호
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• pp.647-656
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• 2002

강교량에서 사용강재의 고강도화에 의한 구조의 경량화, 합리화는 강교량의 제작 및 가설측면에서 강교량의 경제성을 부각시키고 있다. 이러한 추세에 따라서 향후 강교량 건설에 있어서 고강도강재의 적용사례는 지속적으로 증가할 전망이다. 따라서, 교량부재에 고강도강재를 적용하기 위해서는 강재의 제작작업에서 발생하는 다양한 요인, 예를 들면 용접에 의한 용접열, 부재의 절단 및 가공에 의한 변형경화 등과 같은 강재의 용접성 및 용접이음성능을 정확하게 평가하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 현재 국내에서 생산되고 있는 SM570, POSTEN60, POSTEN80의 조질 고강도강재를 대상으로 고강도강재의 용접에 따른 용접성 및 가공성을 조사하기 위해서 용접방법별로 최고경도시험 및 경사y형용접터짐시험을 실시하였으며, 또한, 용접이음부의 인장강도, 굽힘성, 흡수에너지 및 경도를 조사하기 위해서 일련의 용접이음시험을 실시하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.1191-1198
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 맞대기 용접부, 겹치기 용접부 그리고 T자형 용접부에 대한 해석과 실험 결과를 비교하여 용접부의 단순화 유한요소 모델을 개발하였다. 맞대기와 겹치기 용접에 대한 시험편을 제작하고 3점 굽힘 시험을 통하여 용접 구조물의 강성과 용접 비드 근처의 변형률을 측정하였다. 이와 유사하게 T-자형 용접 시편에 대하여 끝 단에 하중을 부여하고 용접 구조물 강성과 용접 비드 근처의 변형률을 측정하였다. 용접부에 대한 단순화 유한 요소 모델의 형상 변수들을 설정하였고 선형 회귀 분석을 수행하여 실험 결과를 보다 정확히 표현할 수 있는 단순화 유한요소 모델의 형상 변수들을 결정하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.445-461
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• 2019

The ultrasonic guided wave-based technique has become one of the most promising methods in non-destructive evaluation and structural health monitoring, because of its advantages of large area inspection, evaluating inaccessible areas on the structure and high sensitivity to small damage. To further advance the development of damage detection technologies using ultrasonic guided waves for the inspection of welded components in structures, the transmission characteristics of the ultrasonic guided waves propagating through welded joints with various types of defects or damage in steel plates are studied and presented in this paper. A three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) model considering the different material properties of the mild steel, high strength steel and austenitic stainless steel plates and their corresponding welded joints as well as the interaction condition of the steel plate and welded joint, is developed. The FE model is validated against analytical solutions and experimental results reported in the literature and is demonstrated to be capable of providing a reliable prediction on the features of ultrasonic guided wave propagating through steel plates with welded joints and interacting with defects. Mode conversion and scattering analysis of guided waves transmitted through the different types of weld defects in steel plates are performed by using the validated FE model. Parametric studies are undertaken to elucidate the effects of several basic parameters for various types of weld defects on the transmission performance of guided waves. The findings of this research can provide a better understanding of the transmission behaviour of ultrasonic guided waves propagating through welded joints with defects. The method could be used for improving the performance of guided wave damage detection methods.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제36권10호
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• pp.1213-1219
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• 2012

원격 $CO_2$ 레이저는 렌즈와 거울을 사용하여 신속하게 레이저 빔을 편향시키므로 복잡한 패턴을 그리기 쉽다. 기존 점용접 시편과 원격 $CO_2$ 레이저 여러 가지 용접선 패턴 시편을 준비하여 정적인장시험과 동적피로시험을 수행하였다. 피로수명(피로파단까지 하중반복횟수)에 대한 피로강도(최대피로하중) 데이터를 얻었다. 수명 이백만 회일 때 피로강도는 대체로 정적 인장강도의 10%이었다. 그리고, 피로하중 수준에 따라 피로파괴형태가 달라지는 것을 발견하였다. 구조해석 결과 응력이 높은 부위와 피로균열 발생부위가 일치하는 것으로 확인되었다. 수명 이백만 회일 때 모든 용접선 패턴에 대하여 최대응력이 서로 비슷하여지는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.570-576
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• 2018

철근콘크리트 구조물에서 철근의 이음은 철근을 겹쳐서 결속선으로 결속한 겹침이음과 커플러에 의한 기계적 이음이 일반적이다. 국내 설계기준(콘크리트구조기준)에서는 일반철근(비용접 철근)에 대해 용접 겹침이음을 제한하고 있으나, 해외기준(AWS D1.4)에서는 예열을 통한 일반철근의 용접 겹침이음을 허용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내외 규격 및 설계기준을 조사하고, 건설현장에서 가장 많이 사용되는 SD400 강종의 일반철근을 대상으로 용접 겹침이음 인장실험을 수행하여 인장강도를 평가하였다. 용접 겹침이음 시험체의 용접길이는 KS규격(KS B ISO 17660-1)에 제시된 최소용접길이인 8d를 적용하고, 예열온도는 AWS D1.4에 따라 D19이하는 $150^{\circ}C$, D22이상은 $260^{\circ}C$로 설정하였다. 인장실험 결과, 용접 겹침이음된 일반철근은 콘크리트구조기준에서 요구하는 인장강도(항복강도의 125%)를 발현하였으며, 모두 철근 모재에서 파단이 발생되었다. 예열 유무에 따른 영향을 검토하기 위해, 일반철근을 예열한 후 용접한 것과 예열 등의 열처리하지 않은 것을 비교한 결과, 인장강도는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 실험시 사용한 일반철근을 대상으로 화학성분을 분석하여 탄소당량(Ceq)을 확인한 결과, 0.45% 이하로 낮았다. AWS D1.4에 따르면, 탄소당량이 0.45% 이하면 예열이 필요하지 않은 조건이다. 결과적으로 예열의 영향이 미비한 것은 일반철근의 탄소당량이 낮았기 때문인 것으로 확인되었다.