This paper presents new FE-based fatigue life prediction techniques for spot-welded and arc-welded structures. The nominal structural stress is the fatigue parameter for spot-welded joints and derived from forces and moments acting on spot weld nuggets. The use of forces and moments at shell elements improves the prediction of stress around a nugget. The technique for arc welds is the structural stress approach that considers the proportion of membrane stress component to bending stress component. Proposed techniques for both spot-welded and arc-welded structures are adequate for the fatigue life predictions even when using coarse FE meshes.


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    Title :

    FE-based Fatigue Life Prediction Techniques for Welded Automotive Structures


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE 2006 World Congress & Exhibition ; 2006



    Publication date :

    2006-04-03




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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