Colleagues.
There is an improper hole inserted in a weld line that joins two Ti plates (tension+bending loaded). This hole is also partially inserted in one plate creating a kind of semicircular notch at the edge.
Repair proposal is to weld fill the hole by fusioning same base material, then...
Hi folks.
I'm doing fatigue analysis for an open spotfaced hole. As a first approach I was looking the Peterson's Chart 3.1 "Stress concentration factors Kt for a stepped flat tension bar with shoulder fillets" taking "H" as 2 times my thickness but I'm not convinced due to "h" in the chart...