Fatigue Design and Reliability

G. Marquis, J. Solin

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Print ISBN: 9780080433295
• eBook ISBN: 9780080531618
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This volume represents a selection of papers presented at the Third International Symposium on Fatigue Design, Fatigue Design 1998, held in Espoo, Finland, 26-29 May, 1998.One objective of this symposium series was to help bridge the gap that sometimes exists between researchers and engineers responsible for designing components against fatigue failure. The 21 selected papers provide an up-to-date survey of engineering practice and a preview of design methods that are advancing toward application.Reliability was selected as a key theme for FD'98. During the design of components and structures, it is not sufficient to combine mean material properties, average usage parameters, and pre-selected safety factors. The engineer must also consider potential scatter in material properties, different end users, manufacturing tolerances and uncertainties in fatigue damage models. Judgement must also be made about the consequences of potential failure and the required degree of reliability for the structure or component during its service life.Approaches to ensuring reliability may vary greatly depending on the structure being designed. Papers in this volume intentionally provide a multidisciplinary perspective on the issue. Authors represent the ground vehicle, heavy equipment, power generation, ship building and other industries. Identical solutions cannot be used in all cases because design methods must always provide a balance between accuracy and simplicity. The point of balance will shift depending on the type of input data available and the component being considered.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Fatigue Design and Reliability
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Fatigue Design and Reliability in the Automotive Industry
• Chapter 2. Reliability Based Fatigue Design of Maintained Welded Joints in the Side Shell of Tankers
• Chapter 3. A Method for Uncertainty Quantification in the Life Prediction of Gas Turbine Components
• Chapter 4. The Probability of Success Using Deterministic Reliability
• Chapter 5. Fatigue Life Evaluation of Grey Cast Iron Machine Components Under Variable Amplitude Loading
• Chapter 6. Increase of Reliability of Aluminium Space-Frame Structures by the Use of Hydroformed T-Fittings
• Chapter 7. Fatigue Strength of L610-P Wing-Fuselage Attachment Lug Made of Glare 2 Fibre-Metal Laminate
• Chapter 8. Reliable Design of Fatigue of Bonded Steel Sheet Structures
• Chapter 9. Analysis of Stress by the Combination of Thermoelastic Stress Analyzer and FEM
• Chapter 10. Fatigue Design Optimisation of Welded Box Beams Subjected to Combined Bending and Torsion
• Chapter 11. Welded and TIG-Dressing Induced Residual Stresses-Relaxation and Influence on Fatigue Strength of Spectrum Loaded Weldments
• Chapter 12. Data Acquisition by a Small Portable Strain Histogram Recorder (Mini-Rainflow Corder) and Application to Fatigue Design of Car Wheels
• Chapter 13. On the New Method of the Loading Spectra Extrapolation and its Scatter Prediction
• Chapter 14. Material Testing for Fatigue Design of Heavy-Duty Gas Turbine Blading with Film Cooling
• Chapter 15. Consideration of Crack Propagation Behaviour in the Design of Cyclic Loaded Structures
• Chapter 16. Effects of Initial Cracks and Firing Environment on Cannon Fatigue Life
• Chapter 17. Weight Functions and Stress Intensity Factors for Embedded Cracks Subjected to Arbitrary Mode I Stress Fields
• Chapter 18. A Modified Fracture-Mechanics Method for the Prediction of Fatigue Failure from Stress Concentrations in Engineering Components
• Chapter 19. Fatigue Resistance and Repairs of Riveted Bridge Members
• Chapter 20. The Similitude of Fatigue Damage Principle: Application in S-N Curves-Based Fatigue Design
• Chapter 21. Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Approach for Reliability Assessment of Welded Structures of Earthmoving Machines
• Author Index