DVS 1608
Version: September 2011 Edition
List of Classification Parameters
- Evaluation Distance
- Reference distance to find the evaluation location from the weld element at which the stress values are extracted.
- Weld Width
- Width of the weld material from the web wall. This parameter is ignored
if specifying the evaluation distance is done manually.Note: Refer to - Find Evaluation Positions.
- Grinding Bonus
- Parameter to specify if the grinding bonus has to be considered or not.
- Effective Weld Thickness
- This parameter is used to consider the influence of welds which do not cover the same cross section area as indicated by the shell element in the respective evaluation location. It modifies the stress at the evaluation location based on the ratio to the shell thickness. (a > 0)
- Mean Stress Sensitivity – Normal
- Mean stress sensitivity factor used for the normal direction evaluation.
- Mean Stress Sensitivity – Shear
- Mean stress sensitivity factor used for the shear direction evaluation.
- Notch Class - Transverse Location_X
- Notch class definition considered for the fatigue limit calculation for the normal stress component in the transverse direction (perpendicular to the axis of the weld) at ‘X’.
- Notch Class - Longitudinal Location_X:
- Notch class definition considered for the fatigue limit calculation for the normal stress component in the longitudinal direction (parallel to the axis of the weld) at ‘X’.
- Notch Class - Shear Location_X
- Notch class definition considered for the shear stress component at
‘X’.Note: Where ‘X’ can be any evaluation location.
- Material Yield - Location_X
- Material yield value used for the static evaluation.
- Groove Gap (b)
- Gap between the two plates at the location of weld. b in Figure 1.
- Groove Depth (h)
- Height of the groove from the top, calculated as t - c from Figure 1.
- Groove Angle (alpha - deg)
- Angle of the groove/plate walls at the location of weld. a in Figure 1. Note: Refer to Figure 1 for the groove parameters. These groove parameters have been derived from the En 15085 standard. Refer to Common Classification Parameters.

Formulation
- Stress Component considered for evaluation
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- σT : Transverse component perpendicular to the axis of the weld
- σL : Longitudinal component parallel to the axis of the weld
- τ : Shear Component
- Corrected stress calculation
- The stress value correction is carried out using the effective weld
thickness.Note: Refer to - Common Classification Parameters
- Calculation of the Assessment stress value (numerator in utilization formulae)
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(1) σTA (Stress Amplitude) = (σTmax−σTmin)/2The stress amplitude is used as the numerator for the utilization calculation.
- Fatigue Limit Calculation
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The fatig98ue limit values ( σTzul , σLzul , and τzul ), are calculated based on the following regimes of Stress Ratio ®,
Reference: the DVS1608 regulation document section 7.2.2.
For nominal stress (longitudinal σLzul and transverse σTzul )
Regime 1: (Rσ> 1)σzul=54⋅1.04−x(MPa)Regime 2: (− ∞ ≤ Rσ≤ 0)σzul=46⋅1.04−x(11+Mσ1+Rσ1−Rσ)(MPa)Regime 3: (0 < Rσ< 0.5)σzul=42⋅1.04−x(11+Mσ3(1+Rσ1−Rσ))(MPa)Regime 4: (0.5 ≤ Rσ< 1)σzul=36.5⋅1.04−x(MPa)Mτ is the mean stress sensitivity, the exponent x in the above equations is queried from the below notch detail tables:
Curve B B- B+ C C- C+ D D- x 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Curve E1+ E1 E1- E4+ E4 E4- E5+ E5 E5- E6+ E6 E6- X 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Curve F1+ F1 F2 x 26 27 28 For shear stress, τzul ,
Regime 2: (−1 ≤ Rτ≤ 0)τzul=28⋅1.04−x(11+Mτ1+Rτ1−Rτ)(MPa)Regime 3: (0 < Rτ< 0.5)τzul=26.5⋅1.04−x(11+Mτ3(1+Rτ1−Rτ))(MPa)Regime 4: (Rτ≥ 0.5)τzul=24.4⋅1.04−x(MPa)Mτ is the mean stress sensitivity, the exponent x in the above equations is queried from the below notch detail table:
The grinding bonus and the thickness factor is applied to the calculated fatigue limit for longitudinal and transverse and just the thickness factor to the calculated shear fatigue limit.Curve G H x 0 9 - Utilization Factor Calculation
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UT
=
σTA/σTzul
UL = UL = σLA/σLzul
Uτ = τA/τzul
- Resultant Utilization Calculation
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UR=2√(UT)2+(UL)2+(Uτ)2+(UTXUL)