Effects of Residual Stresses on Fatigue Crack Propagation of T-Joint Using Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM)

The welds of T-joints are prone to fatigue cracking owing to stress concentrations and welding residual stresses. Previous studies investigated the crack propagation rate using numerical simulations; however, most employed two-dimensional models and ignored the effect of residual stresses. In this s...

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Published in:	Metals
Main Authors:	Shizhe Chen, Muying Guo, Yicheng Li, Xian Dong, Jianian He
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Subjects:	T-joint residual stresses extended finite element method fatigue crack propagation
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/12/8/1368