Research Article

Effect of Welding Residual Stress on Along-Wind Fatigue Life of Welded Joints in Guyed Mast

Table 3

Fatigue damage value and fatigue life at critical points.

Fatigue damage value in 100 secondsFatigue life

“Wind-induced” case5.78E − 0854.85 year
“Welding-wind-induced” case3.28E − 0896.60 year