A new look at the effect of bandwidth and non-normality on fatigue damage

ABSTRACT A new attempt is made in this paper to quantify the effect of bandwidth and non‐normality in fatigue damage analysis. For the lack of actual stress history, a series of non‐Gaussian and homogeneous random processes are generated with fast Fourier transform (FFT) acceleration. A factor is de...

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Published in:Fatigue & fracture of engineering materials & structures 2004-01, Vol.27 (1), p.51-58
Main Authors: YU, L., DAS, P. K., BARLTROP, N. D. P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
fast Fourier transform
Fatigue
fatigue damage
Mechanical properties and methods of testing. Rheology. Fracture mechanics. Tribology
Metals. Metallurgy
random process generation
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Summary:ABSTRACT A new attempt is made in this paper to quantify the effect of bandwidth and non‐normality in fatigue damage analysis. For the lack of actual stress history, a series of non‐Gaussian and homogeneous random processes are generated with fast Fourier transform (FFT) acceleration. A factor is defined on the basis of rain‐flow counting and Palmgren–Miner rule to correct the narrow band and normality assumption. It is revealed that the fatigue damage evaluated through the traditional method may be either conservative or rather unconservative. The upper and lower bounds of the correction factor are studied with respect to kurtosis and skewness of the generated random process and the slope of S–N curve.
ISSN:8756-758X
1460-2695
DOI:10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00719.x