Cycle distribution and fatigue damage assessment in broad-band non-Gaussian random processes

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-127

  Benasciutti, D ^a   Tovo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

'Rainflow' count; Broad band non Gaussian loading; Cycle distribution; Fatigue damage

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

'RAINBOW' COUNT; BROAD-BAND NON-GAUSSIAN LOADING; CYCLE DISTRIBUTION; FATIGUE DAMAGE;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 22944441909     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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