Fatigue of steel members and connections can lead to damage to structures and potentially catastrophic failure. Fatigue failure can often be hidden from view and needs careful attention both in the design stage and fabrication stage to avoid issues. Whether it is in the mining or commercial building sectors, fatigue plays a part. For example, it has been stated that more than 75 percent of failures in welded components are due to fatigue. This seminar aims to provide attendees with an understanding of basis of fatigue analysis to AS 4100 and introduce other international design codes where the geometry is outside its scope.

Seminar Content

• Introduction to fatigue and durability
• The factors affecting fatigue life
• Physics of fatigue and the development of analysis methods
• Basis and application of AS 4100
• Application of FEA under AS 4100
• Intro to fatigue analysis to AS 1210 and ASME Section VIII, Div.2, Pt.5 Pressure Vessels
• Introduction to fatigue analysis - European and American structural codes
• Application of fatigue analysis to measured strain gauge data and FEA simulation results
• Fatigue strength improvement for weldments
• Case studies

Who Should Attend?

The suggested audience for this seminar includes designers, structural engineers, mechanical engineers, welding engineers, forensic engineers.

Engineers attending this seminar may gain CPD points to meet Engineers Australia requirements.

EA Members who are not ASI members should email margritc@steel.org.au with current proof of membership to obtain the promotion code to access the EA/WTIA Member reduced fee.

WTIA members who are not ASI members should contact margritc@steel.org.au with current proof of membership to obtain the promotion code to access the EA/WTIA Member reduced fee.

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