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Influence of residual welding stresses on the fatigue behavior of tubular K-joints in compression
Code
01N00615
Duration
01 January 2015 → 31 October 2019
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Construction engineering
    • Earthquake engineering
    • Geotechnical and environmental engineering
    • Water engineering
    • Wind engineering
Keywords
tubular K-joints Residual weld stress fatigue
 
Project description
 

The fatigue susceptibility of tubular bridges, composed of circular hollow section profiles welded together in Kjoints,

is due to stress concentrations, to welding imperfections and to tensile residual weld stresses. Since the

residual stress distribution is largely unknown, this research wants to determine the actual distribution using the

hole-drilling method on actual samples, combined with FE calculations.