Methodologies For Crack Initiation In Welded Joints Applied To Inspection Planning

• Main Authors: Zou, Guang, Banisoleiman, Kian, González, Arturo
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Crack initiation; fatigue reliability; inspection planning; welded joints.; Arctic; Ayala; Dowling; Engesvik; Fitzgerald; Karlsen; Lotsberg; McClung; Moan; Morrow; Norway; Valdebenito
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1127866; https://zenodo.org/record/1127866

Crack initiation and propagation threatens structural integrity of welded joints and normally inspections are assigned based on crack propagation models. However, the approach based on crack propagation models may not be applicable for some high-quality welded joints, because the initial flaws in th...