FATIGUE RELIABILITY UNDER MULTIPLE-AMPLITUDE LOADS Academic Article

abstract

• A method to determine the fatigue of structures subjected to multiple-amplitude loads is presented. Unlike the more common cumulative damage methods, which are usually based on fatigue life data, the proposed method is based on tensile strength data. Assuming the Weibull distribution for the initial tensile strength and the fatigue life, the probability distributions for the residual tensile strength in both the crack initiation and the crack propagation stages of fatigue are determined. The method is illustrated for two-amplitude loads by means of experimental results obtained by testing specimens of a structural steel and is shown to be more accurate than the Palmgren-Miner cumulative damage method. 1979.

authors

• Talreja, Ramesh

published proceedings

• ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS

author list (cited authors)

• TALREJA, R.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• TALREJA, R

publication date

• January 1979

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Engineering Fracture Mechanics  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0013-7944(79)90141-3

start page

• 839

end page

• 849

volume

• 11

issue

• 4