Artificial neural network technology as a method to evaluate the fatigue life of weldments with welding defects

Abstract The neural network method is introduced to evaluate the fatigue life of weldment with welding defects. In particular, as an example it was used to evaluate the fatigue life of a specimen with welding defects. This example shows the feasibility that the neural network can be used to predict the fatigue life of a welding specimen with welding defects.