Four Ways to Assess a Weld — and When Each Fits
Verifying a weld by calculation is not a question of right or wrong but of the appropriate method. Several established concepts exist, and they differ considerably in effort, level of detail and the modelling they require. Choose the most expensive w...
Why 10% More Load Halves the Service Life
It is one of the most uncomfortable numbers in fatigue analysis: for notched, unwelded regions of a component, the calculated service life is halved when the load increases by just 10%. Not by 10%, not by 20% — by half.
Anyone sizing components should...
