Topic outline

  • Find lectures and assignments organized following the workflow of the course.

    IMPORTANT NOTES: 
    • Lecture slides can’t and will not substitute the readings from the course book and other reading material, that should be considered full-fledged course material. Dowling's text book is available online here: https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.libproxy.aalto.fi/lib/aalto-ebooks/reader.action?docID=5173487. Other reading material is available in "Lecture and other material" -folder below. 
    • When delivering assignments (PDF-format, 1 file) do not limit to report only numerical results, but provide brief comments/descriptions on what you are doing (and why). Suggested approach: write first a concise work-flow to reach the final solution, then comment on the main steps.


    • W44 (W1) - Lecture 1&2

      Fatigue phenomena and fatigue design principles

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      Introductory Video W44-L1 File MP4
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      Introductory Video W44-L2 File MP4
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      Assignment 1 - W44 (W1)
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      Solution A1 File PDF
    • W45 (W2) - Lecture 3&4

      Stress-based fatigue assessment
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      Introductory Video W45-L3&4 File MP4
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      Assignment 2 - W45 (W2)
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      Solution A2 File PDF
    • W46 (W3) - Lecture 5&6

      Strain-based fatigue assessment
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      Introductory Video W46-L5&6 File MP4
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      Assignment 3 - W46 (W3)

      Due date: 20.11.

      More days are given for this assignment since the strain-based approach is (often) the most critical.


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      Solution A3 File PDF
    • W47 (W4) - Lecture 7&8

      Fracture mechanics based fatigue assessment
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      Introductory Video W47-L7&8 File MP4
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      Assignment 4 - W47 (W4)
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      Solution A4 File PDF
    • W48 (W5) - Lecture 9&10

      Fatigue assessment of welded structures and residual stress effect

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      Introductory Video Residual Stresses File MP4
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      Assignment 5 - W48 (W5)
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      Solution A5 File PDF
    • W49 (W6) - Lecture 11&12

      Multiaxial fatigue and statistics of fatigue testing

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      Introductory Video Multiaxial File MP4
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      Assignment 6 - W49 (W6)
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      Solution A6 File PDF
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      Crack repair/detection: a review File PDF

      This paper is a nice and brief review of crack repairing and cracks detection.

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      Guidelines for Welds IIW File PDF
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      Notch-stress guidelines for welds File PDF
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      Structural-stress guidelines for welds File PDF
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      Explicit formulas for Glinka's rule ESED File PDF

      Find attached some additional notes on ESED and Neuber's rule. The last slide has useful formulas.

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      Examples of Mean Stress Corrections for Strain Based Approach File PDF

      USEFUL FOR FINAL EXAM. The file gives a practical explanation on how to use the equations presented during the lecture to consider the mean stress effect in the strain-based approach. A numerical example with notes is provided for SWT, Morrow and modified Morrow, Walker equation.