Automotive
Technical Paper

A New Approach for Numerical Fatigue Life Prediction of Parts or Systems with Seam Welds

2003-01-2772

10/27/2003

Event
International Body Engineering Conference & Exposition
Authors
Volker B. Koettgen LMS International, Luxemburger Str. 7, 67657 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Frank Zingsheim LMS International, Luxemburger Str. 7, 67657 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Michael Hack LMS International, Luxemburger Str. 7, 67657 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Michael Speckert LMS International, Luxemburger Str. 7, 67657 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Abstract
Content
Recently, LMS has developed a new approach for fatigue life prediction of seam welds, which automatically combines quite accurate solid element based techniques with fast shell element-based structural analysis. Pre-modeled welded joint details are delivered in a user-extensible library, which is combined with regular shell element meshes as used in the transportation industries. Detection of the seam welds in the structure is mostly automatic.
This new approach is implemented in LMS Virtual.Lab, the integrated environment for functional performance engineering.
Meta Tags
Topics
Welding
Fatigue
Parts
Affiliated or Co-Author
LMS International, Luxemburger Str. 7, 67657 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Details
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2772
Pages
6
Citation
Koettgen, V., Zingsheim, F., Hack, M., and Speckert, M., "A New Approach for Numerical Fatigue Life Prediction of Parts or Systems with Seam Welds," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-2772, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2772.
Additional Details
Publisher
SAE International
Published
Oct 27, 2003
Product Code
2003-01-2772
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English