Mid- and High-Cycle Fatigue of Welded Joints in Steel Marine Structures: Effective Notch Stress and Total Stress Concept Evaluations

The characteristic far field response spectrum of welded joints – the governing fatigue sensitive locations in steel marine structures – is predominantly linear elastic, meaning mid- and high-cycle fatigue (MCF and HCF) is most important for design. Using the effective notch stress- and the total stress concept, involving respectively S<sub>e...