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Size effect on the fatigue of High Frequency Mechanical Impact treated welds

 Size effect on the fatigue of High Frequency Mechanical Impact treated welds
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Presented at IABSE Congress: Challenges in Design and Construction of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 2016, published in , pp. 307-314
DOI: 10.2749/stockholm.2016.0284
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Fatigue strength improvement of welds by High Frequency Mechanical Impact (HFMI) treatment may enable resource efficient structural design. In civil engineering structures like bridges, plate thick...
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Author(s): (ELU Konsult AB / Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden)
(Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden)
(Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Congress: Challenges in Design and Construction of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 2016
Published in:
Page(s): 307-314 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 307-314
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2016
DOI: 10.2749/stockholm.2016.0284
Abstract:

Fatigue strength improvement of welds by High Frequency Mechanical Impact (HFMI) treatment may enable resource efficient structural design. In civil engineering structures like bridges, plate thicknesses up to 40-50 mm are common. The majority of fatigue test data available on the enhancement of welded details using HFMI treatment are however obtained from relatively thin plates. In this study, an overview of existing fatigue test data with HFMI treatment is presented and evaluated with regard to size effect. A thickness and attachment length dependency of fatigue strength of transverse attachment details was observed and an attachment length dependency for longitudinal attachment details. Based on the gathered data, a fatigue strength-to-thickness relation could not be observed for butt welds and longitudinal attachments.

Keywords:
size effect post weld treatment fatigue enhancement HFMI thickness effect