Structural Hot-Spot Stress Approach to Fatigue Analysis of Welded Components

1. Introduction
Erkki Niemi, Wolfgang Fricke, Stephen J. Maddox

2. The Structural Hot-Spot Stress Approach to Fatigue Analysis
Erkki Niemi, Wolfgang Fricke, Stephen J. Maddox

3. Experimental Determination of the Structural Hot-Spot Stress
Erkki Niemi, Wolfgang Fricke, Stephen J. Maddox

4. Structural Hot-Spot Stress Determination Using Finite Element Analysis
Erkki Niemi, Wolfgang Fricke, Stephen J. Maddox

5. Parametric Formulae
Erkki Niemi, Wolfgang Fricke, Stephen J. Maddox

6. Structural Hot-Spot S-N Curves
Erkki Niemi, Wolfgang Fricke, Stephen J. Maddox

7. Case Study 1: Box Beam of a Railway Wagon
Erkki Niemi, Wolfgang Fricke, Stephen J. Maddox

8. Case Study 2: Hatch Corner Design for Container Ships
Erkki Niemi, Wolfgang Fricke, Stephen J. Maddox

9. Case Study 3: Web Frame Corner
Erkki Niemi, Wolfgang Fricke, Stephen J. Maddox

10. Case Study 4: Loaded Stiffener on T-Bar
Erkki Niemi, Wolfgang Fricke, Stephen J. Maddox

Keywords: Materials Science, Metallic Materials, Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment, Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials