SI: From Microcracks to Structural Failure: Emerging Challenges in Fracture and Structural Integrity
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Vol. 20, No. 77 (2026) pp. 298-315
Validation of Notch-Stress Intensity Factor, Strain Energy Density and Effective Notch Stress approaches in fatigue life assessment of austenitic steel welded joints
The purpose of this work is to validate the N-SIF, SED and ENS approaches for the fatigue design of austenitic stainless steel welded joints. Literature fatigue data for cruciform welded joints, originally expressed in terms of nominal…