FatigueToolbox.org

Welcome to my homepage where I share various resources on metal fatigue developed for my teaching at Aarhus University.

 

Mikkel Melters Pedersen

mmp@mpe.au.dk

 

See also my AU page or LinkedIn.

 

 

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Fatlab

A free, opensource fatigue software written in Matlab. It is meant for post-processing FE models exported from either Ansys or SolidWorks in particular for time-series loading.

It handles both nonlinear FE models and multiaxial stress states using the critical plane approach.

 

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fatlab/

 

 

 

 

Fatigue compendium

Updated version of the compendium for my fatigue course.

 

Download updated version here.

 

Please cite as M.M. Pedersen: “Introduction to Metal Fatigue”, Technical Report ME-TR-11, Aarhus University, 3rd edition, 2024.

 

Original version here.

 

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Fatigue data collections used in my papers:

Pedersen, M. M.: “Thickness Effect in Fatigue of Welded Butt Joints: A Review of Experimental Works”, Int. J. Steel Structures. 19 (6), 2019.

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Pedersen, M. M.: “Multiaxial fatigue assessment of welded joints using the notch stress approach”, Int. J. Fatigue. 83 (2), 2016.

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Pedersen, M. M. et al.: “Experience with the Notch Stress Approach for Fatigue Assessment of Welded Joints”. Proc. Swedish Conference on Light Weight Optimized Welded Structures, Ed. Barsoum & Samuelsson, KTH, 2010.

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Pedersen, M. M. et al.: “Re-analysis of fatigue data for welded joints using the notch stress approach”, Int. J. Fatigue. 32 (10), 2010.

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