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A new frequency domain method for random fatigue life estimation in a wide‐band stationary G aussian random process
Author(s) -
Han Qinghua,
Li Jia,
Xu Jie,
Ye Fei,
Carpinteri Alberto,
Lacidogna Giuseppe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and structures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1460-2695
pISSN - 8756-758X
DOI - 10.1111/ffe.12875
Subject(s) - vibration fatigue , spectral density , amplitude , time domain , frequency domain , gaussian , weibull distribution , computer science , mathematics , algorithm , structural engineering , acoustics , statistics , engineering , mathematical analysis , physics , finite element method , optics , quantum mechanics , computer vision
A new frequency domain method for random fatigue life estimation in a wide‐band stationary Gaussian random process was proposed for application in fatigue analysis. Simulations of the power spectral densities of different types were firstly performed; the simulated results showed that the accuracy and applicability for the current frequency domain methods are not only related to the spectral type but also associated with the types of the analysed materials. Compared with the current methods, the proposed method, in which the rain‐flow amplitude obeys Nakagami distribution, has better universality and could significantly reduce the error for the random fatigue life estimation with simulated and actual spectra. Verified application in cast‐steel fatigue life analysis were performed between random fatigue life and constant amplitude fatigue life. It is shown that the fatigue life analysis under random load cannot be ignored and the proposed new method can serve as a recommended method.