Design Implications and Opportunities of Considering Fatigue Strength, Manufacturing Variations and Predictive LCC in Welds

Fatigue strength dictates life and cost of welded structures and is often a direct result of initial manufacturing variations and defects. This paper addresses this coupling through proposing and applying the methodology of predictive life-cycle costing (PLCC) to evaluate a welded structure exhibiti...

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Main Authors: Mathilda Karlsson Hagnell, Mansoor Khurshid, Malin Åkermo, Zuheir Barsoum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Metals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/11/10/1527