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Welded joints are the most used joints in industrial applications. Fatigue analysis of welded joints is of great importance. Residual stresses produced during welding process play an important role in fatigue failure of welded joints. Residual stresses’ effect on fatigue life of the structures is similar to mean stresses and can be accounted for like mean stress effect. However residual stresses are not constant and do change in service. In this thesis, welding process has been modeled using FE software ABAQUS in order to predict residual stress distribution due to welding. The predictions show good agreement with measurements especially for longitudinal residual stresses. Then cyclic load... 

In recent years using concrete and steel together in buildings and bridges to mix their advantages and compensate disadvantages is very common especially in seismic zones. Using Concrete Filled Steel Tubular (CFST) columns is one of these methods. In these columns, steel tube has longitudinal and lateral reinforcement role for helping concrete core to resist against bending moment, shear and tension. Steel tube also creates confinement in concrete and increase compressive strength and prevents concrete from spalling. Concrete core increases stiffness of column and reduces capability of inward local buckling. Behaviors of CFST columns are influenced by loading, characteristics of materials...