A review is provided focusing on the uncertainties in fatigue loads, damage and crack
growth to be incorporated in reliability assessments. The complex fatigue loads originating …

Fillet welded joints are commonly used in steel structures for various engineering
applications such as buildings, bridges, railways, ships, and marine structures. Fillet welded …

Hybrid laser–metal active gas (MAG) arc welding is an emerging joining technology that is
very promising for shipbuilding applications. This technique combines the synergistic …

Thermomechanical modeling of laser material processing in general, and defect modeling in
particular, has raised attention in both academia and industry for the last twenty years …

The effect of arc weld toe geometry on pulsating bending fatigue performance was studied
using as-welded and toe machined welded joints of an ultra-high strength steel with a …

Additive manufacturing (AM) of metals attracts attention because it can produce complex
structures in a single step without part-specific tooling. Wire arc additive manufacturing …

This paper investigates the fatigue strength modelling of high-performing welded steel joints.
The work considers the strain-based, notch stress, averaged strain energy density …

Nowadays automated welding processes produce high-quality welds with smooth and
regular global weld geometry. However, the local geometry of the weld exhibits a certain …

Laser-arc hybrid welding (LAHW), being a high-efficiency with excellent properties of high
welding speed, deep penetration, and good bridging performance, has been paid close …

For the fabrication of steel structures such as steel bridges, offshore structure etc, welding is
nowadays considered as an efficient metal joining process. The type of fillet welded …