Prediction of weld toe magnification factors for semi-elliptical cracks in single T-butt joints under bending loading

• Main Author: Sivakumaran Balachandran
• Other Authors: Lie Seng Tjhen
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60655
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report presents a set of estimation equations for the weld toe magnification factors (Mk) for semi-elliptical cracks in single T-butt joints. The weld toe magnification factors obtained from this set of equations are compared to the values generated by Bowness and Lee [3]. Finite Element Ana...