Experimental Analysis of Fatigue Life of Laser Weld Zones

Abstract:

This paper presents possibilities of determination of a material fatigue life for particular laser weld zones using specimens of micrometer dimensions. An original research system MFS developed at the University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz has been used whose research possibilities have been illustrated on the example of fatigue life tests of welds made of steel S 355J2G3.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 598)
• Pages: 20-25
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.598.20
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Dariusz Boroński*
• Keywords: Experimental Method, Fatigue, Laser Welds, Local Material Properties, Microspecimen

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