Abstract
The materials and details used to construct sacrificial structural steel components must be evaluated for the full range of inelastic demands imposed by extreme loading events. This study characterizes the cyclic response and low-cycle fatigue life of a plate steel material designed to have a relatively low yield stress and various complete joint penetration butt-weld details considered for use in applications where inelastic behavior is expected. Large amplitude cyclic strain tests were performed on the base material and butt-welded specimens. The welded specimens utilized several different weld treatment details designed to mitigate stress concentrations, reduce tensile residual stresses, and improve weld-toe geometry. Uniaxial material models and a low-cycle fatigue model were used to characterize the cyclic stress–strain response and low-cycle fatigue life of the specimens. A linear damage accumulation model was also applied and found to adequately predict the failure of specimens subjected to more arbitrary strain histories. The presence of butt-welds were found to only slightly decrease the low-cycle fatigue life and the various weld treatments were found to have minimal impact.
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