FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF WELDED JOINTS AND WELDMENTS IN HY-80 STEEL SUBJECTED TO AXIAL LOADINGS

Abstract

Axial load fatigue tests on various types of welded joints and weldments in HY-80 steel are reported. The tests were carried out using three stress cycles; complete reversal, zero-totension, and half tension-to-tension. Most of the test lives lie between 2,000 and 600,000 cycles. These results have been used to develop Modified Goodman diagrams. A preliminary series of fatigue tests was carried out to study the effects of interpass temperature, lack of penetration, type of electrode, and longitudinal fillet welded attachments. When the specimens of a given test series failed due to an internal flaw, there was often a large amount of scatter in the test lives at a given stress level. Apparently internal weld flaws have a significant effect on the fatigue behavior of a welded joint. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0290215

Entities

People

  • A.j. Hartmann
  • W.h. Munse

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attachment
  • Axial Loads
  • Electrodes
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Joints
  • Welded Joints
  • Weldments
  • Welds

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.