Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
770763 Engineering Fracture Mechanics 2011 19 Pages PDF
Abstract

Stress intensity factor solutions for spot welds in cross-tension specimens are investigated by finite element analyses. Three-dimensional finite element models are developed to obtain accurate solutions. Various ratios of sheet thickness, half specimen width and half effective specimen length to nugget radius are considered. The computational results confirm the functional dependence on the nugget radius and sheet thickness of Zhang’s analytical solutions. The results also provide three geometric functions in terms of normalized half specimen width and normalized half effective specimen length to Zhang’s analytical solutions. Based on the analytical and computational results, the dimensions of cross-tension specimens and the corresponding approximate stress intensity factor solutions are suggested.

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