The Welding Engineers Guide to Fracture and Fatigue

INDICE: Dedication Woodhead Publishing Series in Welding and Other Joining Technologies Preface Part One: Principles of weld fracture and fatigue1: Designing engineered structures1.1 Introduction1.2 The first engineered structures1.3 Successful structures1.4 Materials and fabrication methods1.5 Industrialisation: benefits and consequences1.6 Conclusions2: Structures under load2.1 Introduction2.2 Sources of loading2.3 Types of loading2.4 Loads experienced during construction2.5 Design approach2.6 Axial and bending stresses2.7 Conclusions3: Welding problems and defects3.1 Introduction3.2 'Workmanship' defects3.3 Weldability3.4 Fabrication cracking in welds3.5 Other types of weld defect3.6 Welding residual stresses3.7 Distortion3.8 Conclusions4: Design for static loading4.1 Introduction4.2 Load-extension curves4.3 Stress-strain curves4.4 Static limit state design4.5 Conclusions5: Brittle fracture and the behaviour of cracks in structures5.1 Introduction5.2 Nature of brittle fracture5.3 The three factors for brittle fracture5.4 Ductile-to-brittle transition5.5 Welding and fabrication codes5.6 Principles of fracture mechanics5.7 Fracture toughness parameters5.8 Conclusions6: Structures under cyclic load6.1 Introduction6.2 Engineering perspective of fatigue6.3 Metallurgical perspective of fatigue6.4 Practical implications for a growing fatigue crack6.5 Conclusions7: Fatigue of welded joints7.1 Introduction7.2 Fatigue performance of welded joints7.3 Special features of welded joints7.4 Fatigue design of welded joints7.5 Stress histories of real structures: variable amplitude loading7.6 Fatigue of welded aluminium7.7 Conclusions8: Failure modes and analysis in metals8.1 Introduction8.2 Ductile failure8.3 Brittle fracture8.4 Fatigue failure8.5 Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of fracture surfaces8.6 Interpreting fracture faces8.7 Corrosion8.8 Engineering failure investigations8.9 Conclusions Part Two: Testing, analysis and assessment of weld fracture and fatigue9: Mechanical testing of welds9.1 Introduction9.2 Weld procedure qualification9.3 Bend testing9.4 Tensile testing9.5 Charpy testing9.6 Fracture toughness testing9.7 Fatigue testing9.8 Creep testing9.9 Corrosion testing9.10 Macrographic sections9.11 Hardness testing9.12 Conclusions10: Detecting weld defects10.1 Introduction10.2 'Perfect' welds and detection of weld defects10.3 Visual inspection10.4 Dye penetrant inspection10.5 Magnetic particle inspection (MPI)10.6 Eddy-current testing10.7 Radiography10.8 Ultrasonic testing (UT)10.9 Probability of detection10.10 Flaw-sizing error10.11 Choosing suitable non-destructive testing (NDT) methods10.12 Conclusions11: Weld defect assessment11.1 Introduction11.2 Fitness-for-service assessment11.3 When to carry out an engineering critical assessment (ECA)11.4 Standards for assessment methods11.5 Input data for ECA11.6 Failure assessment diagrams (FAD)11.7 Proximity to failure and safety factors11.8 Refining the assessment11.9 Conclusions12: Weld fatigue assessment12.1 Introduction12.2 Using fracture mechanics to describe fatigue crack growth12.3 The power law (Paris equation)12.4 Assessing weld flaws under fatigue loading12.5 Advanced fatigue crack growth assessment12.6 Conclusions13: Improving the fracture performance and fatigue life of welded joints13.1 Introduction13.2 Fatigue improvement measures to be taken before welding13.3 Fatigue improvement techniques for welds13.4 Other fatigue considerations13.5 Improving fracture performance13.6 Using this book: repair of fatigue cracks13.7 Conclusions Index

• ISBN: 978-0-08-101310-6
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 30/06/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés