Fatigue life tests of steel laser-welded sandwich structures

This paper presents results of the fatigue life tests of elements of steel laser-welded sandwich structure, performed at the Department of Machine Design, University of Technology and Agriculture, Bydgoszcz, in cooperation with the Department of Ship and Offshore Structures Technology, Gdańsk University of Technology, within the frame of ASPIS EUREKA E!3074 project titled : „Application of steel sandwich panels into ship structural design”. The obtained information on fatigue features of various specimens, the so called elementary structures of sandwich panels, can make it possible to formulate design and manufacturing recommendations for application of such structures in shipbuilding. An important result of the performed tests is the extended range of fatigue strength data for laser-welded joints.