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In this paper the quantitative estimation on the flexural rigidity of the structural adhesive-aided joint (adhesive joint, weldbonded joint etc.) of the single-lap form in steel is carried out, based on the experiment using three-point bending test and the calculation treating the adhesive joint as the composite beam. Relationships of the flexural rigidity of the adhesive joint with its various elements and the agreement between experimental results and calculated results are in detail discussed. Moreover, factors which govern the flexural rigidity of the weldbonded joint are made clear experimentally.

This paper deals with a non-destructive detection method of fatigue crack in spot-welded joints under tensile-shear repeated load. We developed the non-destructive method, according to which the generation time, the crack length and the propagation speed of fatigue crack can be quantitatively estimated by utilizing information obtained from strain gages bonded on the electrode indentations of spot welds. Specimens used in this experiment are made of various kinds of thin steel sheets.

This study intends to make clear the effects of the property of base metal, specimen width, sheet thickness and nugget diameter on the initiation life of fatigue crack and the propagation life in single-spot-welded joint specimens under tensile-shear repeated load, and using these results to establish an empirical formula according to which the ΔL-N diagram can be drawn. It was confirmed that accuracy of the empirical formula is at considerable high level, when this formula is applied for data of hitherto published many reports, and the predicted results obtained by this formula are compared with these experimental results.

Fatigue strength of typical types of spot-welded joints made of high strength steel sheets was experimentally investigated, as a cooperative program of “Subcommittee on Strength of Spot-Welded Joint” of JSAE. The materials used were rephosphorized high-strength steel sheet (HSS) of 400 MPa class and low-carbon steel sheet (LCS); both were 0.8 mm, 1.2 mm and 1.6 mm thick. The types of loading were tensile-shear, cross-tension and plane bending. The results obtained are as follows; 1) The fatigue strengths of joints of HSS in tensile-shear and plane bending were higher than those of LCS, respectively. But, in cross-tension, the strength of joints of HSS was exceeded by that of LCS beyond 106 cycles. 2) The fatigue strengths of joints of different materials in cross-tension and plane bending were found lower than those of the same materials. 3) The strain range - cycles to fracture (Δε-N) diagrams for the joints of sheets of different steels and thicknesses were obtained.