Fatigue life is a key concern in welded-steel frames for mobile equipment that experience large and varying dynamic loads. For engineers who design welded-steel structures subject to dynamic loading, ...
More than 100 days have passed since the Interstate 35W bridge fell into the Mississippi River on Aug. 1, killing 13. While fatigue cracks have been scrutinized and blamed, some experts question ...
Engineers have identified a fundamental deformation mechanism that can be leveraged to greatly enhance the fatigue properties of metals, opening the door to a new strategy for designing ...