Influence of weld quality on the fatigue strength in seam welds

In this paper a research study has been carried out on the link between weld quality of production welds and the fatigue strength. It has been carried out as a part of a Swedish Technology Platform for lightweight optimised welded structures (LOST), where some of the work packages within the project intend to connect the design and analysis to production and weld quality. One of the results is a new weld quality system from Volvo Group, which...