The peak stress method (PSM) allows a rapid application of the notch stress intensity factor (NSIF) approach to the fatigue life assessment of welded structures, by employing the linear elastic peak stresses evaluated by FE analyses with coarse meshes. Because of the widespread adoption of 3D modeling of large and complex structures in the industry, the PSM has recently been boosted by including four-node and ten-node tetrahedral elements of Ansys FE software, which allows to discretize complex geometries. In this paper, a Round Robin among eleven Italian Universities has been performed to calibrate the PSM with seven different commercial FE software packages. Several 3D mode I, II and III problems have been considered to investigate the influence of (i) FE code, (ii) element type, (iii) mesh pattern, and (iv) procedure to extrapolate stresses at FE nodes. The majority of the adopted FE software packages present similar values of the PSM parameters, the main source of discrepancy being the stress extrapolation method at FE nodes.

Rapid evaluation of notch stress intensity factors using the peak stress method with 3D tetrahedral finite element models: Comparison of commercial codes / Meneghetti, Giovanni; Campagnolo, Alberto; Visentin, Alberto; Avalle, Massimiliano; Benedetti, Matteo; Bighelli, Andrea; Castagnetti, Davide; Chiocca, Andrea; Collini, Luca; De Agostinis, Massimiliano; De Luca, Alessandro; Dragoni, Eugenio; Fini, Stefano; Fontanari, Vigilio; Frendo, Francesco; Greco, Alessandro; Marannano, Giuseppe; Moroni, Fabrizio; Pantano, Antonio; Pirondi, Alessandro; Rebora, Alessandro; Scattina, Alessandro; Sepe, Raffaele; Spaggiari, Andrea; Zuccarello, Bernardo. - In: FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES. - ISSN 8756-758X. - 45:4(2022), pp. 1005-1034. [10.1111/ffe.13645]

Rapid evaluation of notch stress intensity factors using the peak stress method with 3D tetrahedral finite element models: Comparison of commercial codes

Castagnetti, Davide
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Dragoni, Eugenio
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Spaggiari, Andrea
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2022

Abstract

The peak stress method (PSM) allows a rapid application of the notch stress intensity factor (NSIF) approach to the fatigue life assessment of welded structures, by employing the linear elastic peak stresses evaluated by FE analyses with coarse meshes. Because of the widespread adoption of 3D modeling of large and complex structures in the industry, the PSM has recently been boosted by including four-node and ten-node tetrahedral elements of Ansys FE software, which allows to discretize complex geometries. In this paper, a Round Robin among eleven Italian Universities has been performed to calibrate the PSM with seven different commercial FE software packages. Several 3D mode I, II and III problems have been considered to investigate the influence of (i) FE code, (ii) element type, (iii) mesh pattern, and (iv) procedure to extrapolate stresses at FE nodes. The majority of the adopted FE software packages present similar values of the PSM parameters, the main source of discrepancy being the stress extrapolation method at FE nodes.
2022
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1005
1034
Rapid evaluation of notch stress intensity factors using the peak stress method with 3D tetrahedral finite element models: Comparison of commercial codes / Meneghetti, Giovanni; Campagnolo, Alberto; Visentin, Alberto; Avalle, Massimiliano; Benedetti, Matteo; Bighelli, Andrea; Castagnetti, Davide; Chiocca, Andrea; Collini, Luca; De Agostinis, Massimiliano; De Luca, Alessandro; Dragoni, Eugenio; Fini, Stefano; Fontanari, Vigilio; Frendo, Francesco; Greco, Alessandro; Marannano, Giuseppe; Moroni, Fabrizio; Pantano, Antonio; Pirondi, Alessandro; Rebora, Alessandro; Scattina, Alessandro; Sepe, Raffaele; Spaggiari, Andrea; Zuccarello, Bernardo. - In: FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES. - ISSN 8756-758X. - 45:4(2022), pp. 1005-1034. [10.1111/ffe.13645]
Meneghetti, Giovanni; Campagnolo, Alberto; Visentin, Alberto; Avalle, Massimiliano; Benedetti, Matteo; Bighelli, Andrea; Castagnetti, Davide; Chiocca, Andrea; Collini, Luca; De Agostinis, Massimiliano; De Luca, Alessandro; Dragoni, Eugenio; Fini, Stefano; Fontanari, Vigilio; Frendo, Francesco; Greco, Alessandro; Marannano, Giuseppe; Moroni, Fabrizio; Pantano, Antonio; Pirondi, Alessandro; Rebora, Alessandro; Scattina, Alessandro; Sepe, Raffaele; Spaggiari, Andrea; Zuccarello, Bernardo
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