PSI - Issue 57

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Procedia Structural Integrity 57 (2024) 469–477

© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 ) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the Fatigue Design 2023 organizers This study assesses the life-cycle cost of welded joints. The fatigue life of the weld in this study is analyzed using the effective Notch Stress method (NS). Furthermore, the weld is post-treated with an automated HFMI treatment to prolong its fatigue life. Moreover, the effect of weld quality on the production cost is analyzed. The results show that every phase of the weld’s life -cycle has a significant contribution to the life-cycle cost with the use-phase being the more dominant. The results also depict the impact of the changes in weld quality in the overall life-cycle cost. © 2023 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the Fatigue Design 2023 organizers Keywords: life cycle costing, weld quality, welding, post weld treatments 1. Introduction In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for optimized fatigue design and life-cycle cost analysis of welded structures across various industries, including aerospace, automotive, and civil engineering. Welding Fatigue Design 2023 (FatDes 2023) Life-cycle Cost assessment of Post Weld treatments: Effect of local weld geometries Kaushik Iyer 1 , Zuheir Barsoum 1 , Malin Åkermo 1 1 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Teknikringen 8D, Stockholm-10044, Sweden Abstract The fatigue life of welded structures is dependent on the local geometry and imperfections of the welds. Therefore, optimizing the manufacturing processes to improve the local weld geometry and remove possible imperfections can considerably affect the fatigue life of the structure. Post-weld treatments such as burr grinding, and High Frequency Mechanical Impact (HFMI) treatment are commonly used techniques to extend the fatigue life of a weld by modifying the local weld toe geometry. However, employing additional manufacturing processes can have an adverse effect on the Life-cycle cost of a welded structure by increasing production costs. On the other hand, extending the fatigue life of a structure can result in lower maintenance and replacement costs. Therefore, a thorough yet predictive life-cycle cost assessment is required to assess the viability of such treatments and design economically efficient weld structures.

2452-3216 © 2023 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the Fatigue Design 2023 organizers

2452-3216 © 2024 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the Fatigue Design 2023 organizers 10.1016/j.prostr.2024.03.051