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1. Advances in Marine Structures

   Edited by Carlos Guedes Soares, Wolfgang Fricke

   In recent years significant advances have been made in the development of methods and modeling procedures for structural assessment of marine structures. Various assessment methods are incorporated in the methods used to analyze and design efficient ship structures, as well as in the methods of...

   Published March 13th 2011 by CRC Press
2. Fatigue Analysis of Welded Components

   Designer's Guide to the Hot-Spot Stress Approach

   Edited by E. Niemi, Wolfgang Fricke, S J Maddox

   This report provides background and guidance on the use of the structural hot spot stress approach to the fatigue design of welded components and structures. It complements the IIW recommendations for 'Fatigue Design of Welded Joints and Components' and extends the information provided in the IIW...

   Published December 18th 2006 by CRC Press
3. Fatigue assessment of welded joints by local approaches, Second Edition

   By Dieter Radaj, Cetin Morris Sonsino, Wolfgang Fricke

   Local approaches of fatigue assessment have become an indispensable design tool for the layout and dimensioning of welded structures. This book reviews the available local approaches, the hot spot structural stress approach, the notch stress and strain approach, and the fracture mechanics approach....

   Published November 14th 2006 by CRC Press