Advances Relating to Fatigue Calculations for Combined Random and Deterministic Loads 2014-01-0725
Techniques for calculating fatigue life from random structural responses were first proposed in the 60's but these early methods were limited to narrow band responses (ref 1). When used for wide band responses these same techniques could become very conservative. In order to reduce this conservatism much effort was devoted from the 1980's onwards to develop methods that worked more accurately for the wide band situation. Several methods now exist for the wide band case and these typically exist alongside Finite Element (FE) based random analysis tools like Nastran, Ansys or Abaqus to take the PSD's of stress response and return the Rainflow cycle count and fatigue damage (ref 2).
Several problems still exist with todays design methods. Firstly, for large models, these stress transfer functions have to be generated and stored for subsequent use in the fatigue life calculation and these files can be very large. By treating the fatigue life calculation in this way, as a post processing task, the analysis of large models becomes difficult. Secondly, the processing of random stresses within an FE model is problematic when fatigue life is the required result. And thirdly, no practical way exists to simultaneously combine both random and deterministic loads. This is widely required by the test environment standards like MIL-HDBK-810G (ref 3).
This paper will present a review of existing methods, particularly where a design approach has been implemented within an FE environment. This is then followed by details of a new approach, which includes novel procedures for more accurately processing the random stresses, more efficient ways of dealing with large models and new methods for combining deterministic and random loads.
Citation: Bishop, N., Kerr, S., Murthy, P., and Sweitzer, K., "Advances Relating to Fatigue Calculations for Combined Random and Deterministic Loads," SAE Technical Paper 2014-01-0725, 2014, https://doi.org/10.4271/2014-01-0725. Download Citation
Author(s):
Neil Bishop, Stuart Kerr, Paresh Murthy, Karl Sweitzer
Affiliated:
CAEfatigue Ltd., Booz Allen Hamilton
Pages: 17
Event:
SAE 2014 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Fatigue
Technical review
Tools and equipment
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