Publications by authors named "Nikola Budimir"
Materials (Basel)
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study highlights the lack of attention given to numerical simulations of fatigue crack growth in welded joints, particularly considering material variability within the weld itself.
- It presents several case studies focusing on high-strength low-alloyed steel welded joints, utilizing the extended finite element method (XFEM) with software like ABAQUS and ANSYS to model crack behavior.
- Innovative procedures were introduced to account for different fatigue properties in various zones of the welded joint, aiming for more accurate evaluations of fatigue life compared to treating the weld as a uniform material.
