EK426
From the point of view of resistance to fatigue, fillet welds are inferior to butt welds. This is because there exists both an abrupt change in the direction of the […]
EK401
The danger of brittle fracture is increased when the ductility of steel is reduced by: suppression of yield deformations, as may be caused by triaxial stressing; the use of relatively […]
EK133
Brittle fracture is initiated by the existence or formation of a small crack in a region of high local stress.