ISIJ International
Online ISSN : 1347-5460
Print ISSN : 0915-1559
ISSN-L : 0915-1559
Welding and Joining
Lowest Fatigue Limit Estimation of Ductile Cast Iron Joints by Considering Maximum Defect Size Toward Replacing Welded Joints
Tetsuro Hidaka Nao-Aki NodaYoshikazu SanoNobuhiro KaiHiroyoshi Fujimoto
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2020 Volume 60 Issue 5 Pages 1006-1015

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In our earlier study, the authors revealed that the fatigue limit of ductile cast iron (DCI) specimens whose shapes are similar to the welded joint shapes is about three times larger than that of the welded joint specimens. However, since many defects are usually included in the DCI specimens, the fatigue limit of DCI joints decreases with increasing the maximum defect size. In this paper, therefore, the maximum defect size is estimated by using statistics of extremes. Then, the lowest fatigue limit corresponding to the maximum defect size is estimated from the 4 parameter model and compared with the lowest fatigue limit of the welded joint. As a result, it was confirmed that the lowest fatigue limit of the DCI specimens is about twice as large as the welded joint.

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