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Cumulative fatigue damage evaluations on spot‐welded joints using 590 MPa‐class automobile steel
Author(s) -
Tanegashima R.,
Ohara I.,
Akebono H.,
Kato M.,
Sugeta A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and structures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1460-2695
pISSN - 8756-758X
DOI - 10.1111/ffe.12258
Subject(s) - structural engineering , welding , amplitude , materials science , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , fatigue limit , engineering , composite material , physics , telecommunications , quantum mechanics
This study focused on local strain behaviour near the slit edge of spot‐welded joints, where the fatigue crack initiated, and investigated methods of evaluating cumulative fatigue damage. A method of evaluating local strain amplitude by following modified Goodman 's law gave almost the same result as an evaluation approach based on the external force and provided reasonable result on general strength design. An approach based on Smith–Watson–Topper 's equation was easy to evaluate cumulative fatigue damage compared with the method based on modified Goodman 's law and gave a good agreement with a criterion of the modified Miner 's rule.