WITS Students

Handout notes

Please print and copy the following hand-out notes to be used in class:

The formula sheet is available here: Formula Sheet

Fatigue design

1. WITS Study guide for fatigue design of welded detail
2. Investmech (Forces, bending moments & stress distribution)
3. Investmech (Behaviour of welded structures under variable amplitude loading) TN R0.0
4. Investmech (Design of dynamic loaded welded structures) TN R0.0
5. Investmech (Design of aluminium alloys structures) TN R0.0

Fracture Mechanics

5. Investmech (Introduction to Fracture Mechanics) TN R0.0

Design of welded pressure equipment

6. Investmech (Design of welded pressure equipment) TN R0.0

Slides:

1. Investmech – Fatigue (S-N-curves and damage) S
2. Investmech – Structural Integrity (Notch effects of welds) S
3. Investmech – Structural Integrity (Static failure theories) S
4. Investmech – Structural Integrity (Variable amplitude loading) S
5. Investmech – Structural Integrity (Cycle counting) S
6. Investmech – Fatigue (Stress-life analysis) S
7. Investmech – Fatigue (Multi-axial fatigue) S
8. Investmech – Fatigue (Strain-life analysis) S
9. Investmech – Fatigue (Creep fatigue) S
10. Investmech – Fatigue (Very high cycle fatigue) S

Weld fatigue

1. Investmech – Structural Integrity (Fatigue design according to BS EN 1993-1-9 SANS 10162-1 IIW Bulletin 520) S

Assignment

Please download your assignment from: Weld Fatigue – WITS Assignment by (Your name)

Submission date of assignment: 20 July 2024

LATE SUBMISSION WILL BE PENALISED AT A RATE OF 5% PER DAY.

The memo will be made available here after receipt of all assignments, or 13 days after the submission date.

Class Notes

The class notes will be made available after completion of the lectures. These can be found here:

Word document: Wits Class Notes.docx

Excel document: Wits Class Notes.xlsx