Date of Award

Spring 5-2012

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

M.S.

Degree Program

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Department

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Major Professor

Pingsha Dong

Second Advisor

Brandon Taravella

Third Advisor

Lothar Birk

Abstract

In this thesis, new methods for shear strength are proposed and backed up through extensive experimentation, ABAQUS models and data analysis of Titanium welds of three different alloys. The results are compared with those obtained by using the procedure outlined by AWS B4 for calculating Shear Strength in the transverse and longitudinal directions; this equation is widely used by the American Welding Society (AWS) and all those in search of more efficient designs involving welding.

It is a well-documented issue that the equation provided by AWS yields a large discrepancy between the values for shear strength of longitudinal and transverse welds.

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