In COD tests of welded joints, local compression technique and reverse bending technique have been used in order to get satisfactory fatigue crack shape. At present, the local compression technique is most reliable, but thick plates require a testing machine that exceeds 1 MN. On the other hand, the revers bending technique lacks reliability due to lack of published data, but it has the great advantage that it can be handled by a testing machine that conducts COD tests. In this report, the recommended reverse bending load,
Prb is examined by a simple method utilizing linear fracture mechanics. It results in the following conditions. Here,
PL is a limit load defined by Eq. (2) in the text.
Prb/
PL=0.7~1.0 for V notch angle=60°,
Prb/
PL=0.8~1.0 for V notch angle=30°
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