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- <meta content="Fatigue may occur in undercarriages and support systems of trailers, haymakers, graders and swing-ploughs made up
- of thin-walled tubular sections with wall thicknesses less than 4mm. Little research has been done on the fatigue of
- thin-walled tubular sections below 4mm thickness. The weld profile and weld undercut may affect the fatigue crack
- propagation life of welded joints especially for thin-walled sections. Numerical analysis of 2-dimensional non-load
- carrying thin-walled cruciform joints was performed to determine the effect of weld profile and weld undercut on
- fatigue crack propagation life under cyclic tensile loading. The cruciform joints analysed are made up of 3mm thick
- plates, joined by fillet welds. The Boundary Element Analysis System Software (BEASY) is used, which uses
- fracture mechanics theory to carry out crack propagation analysis. The weld profiles and weld undercuts were
- measured from welded connections in thin-walled fillet welded sections. The measured weld profiles and undercut
- were used in the analysis. The results are compared with those of a similar study to determine the comparative
- reduction in fatigue crack propagation life between thin-walled cruciform joints (T=3mm) and thicker walled
- cruciform joints (T=20mm). This paper provides an understanding of the impact which weld toe undercut has on the
- fatigue crack propagation life of thin-walled cruciform joints. The presence of undercuts may reduce the benefits of
- the thickness effect in thin-walled joints of thicknesses less than 4mm." name="eprints.abstract" />
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- propagation life of welded joints especially for thin-walled sections. Numerical analysis of 2-dimensional non-load
- carrying thin-walled cruciform joints was performed to determine the effect of weld profile and weld undercut on
- fatigue crack propagation life under cyclic tensile loading. The cruciform joints analysed are made up of 3mm thick
- plates, joined by fillet welds. The Boundary Element Analysis System Software (BEASY) is used, which uses
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- <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Effects of weld profile and undercut on fatigue crack propagation life of thin-walled cruciform joint</h1>
- <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Mashiri, F.R</span> and <span class="person_name">Zhao, X.L.</span> and <span class="person_name">Grundy, P.</span> (2001) <xhtml:em>Effects of weld profile and undercut on fatigue crack propagation life of thin-walled cruciform joint.</xhtml:em> Thin-Walled Structures, 39 (3). pp. 261-285. ISSN 0263-8231</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2601/1/MashiriZhaoGrundy_Weld_Profile_Undercut_TWS_39-3_2001.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2601/1/MashiriZhaoGrundy_Weld_Profile_Undercut_TWS_39-3_2001.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />524Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="3409" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0263-8231(00)00061-6">http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0263-8231(00)00061-6</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Fatigue may occur in undercarriages and support systems of trailers, haymakers, graders and swing-ploughs made up
- of thin-walled tubular sections with wall thicknesses less than 4mm. Little research has been done on the fatigue of
- thin-walled tubular sections below 4mm thickness. The weld profile and weld undercut may affect the fatigue crack
- propagation life of welded joints especially for thin-walled sections. Numerical analysis of 2-dimensional non-load
- carrying thin-walled cruciform joints was performed to determine the effect of weld profile and weld undercut on
- fatigue crack propagation life under cyclic tensile loading. The cruciform joints analysed are made up of 3mm thick
- plates, joined by fillet welds. The Boundary Element Analysis System Software (BEASY) is used, which uses
- fracture mechanics theory to carry out crack propagation analysis. The weld profiles and weld undercuts were
- measured from welded connections in thin-walled fillet welded sections. The measured weld profiles and undercut
- were used in the analysis. The results are compared with those of a similar study to determine the comparative
- reduction in fatigue crack propagation life between thin-walled cruciform joints (T=3mm) and thicker walled
- cruciform joints (T=20mm). This paper provides an understanding of the impact which weld toe undercut has on the
- fatigue crack propagation life of thin-walled cruciform joints. The presence of undercuts may reduce the benefits of
- the thickness effect in thin-walled joints of thicknesses less than 4mm.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">The definitive version is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com
- </td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Boundary Element Method, crack propagation, fatigue, fracture mechanics, joints, thin-walled sections, welded
- connections, welds</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/290801.html">290000 Engineering and Technology > 290800 Civil Engineering > 290801 Structural Engineering</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2601</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Fidelis R. Mashiri</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">03 Dec 2007 08:46</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2601;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2601">item control page</a></p>
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