Principles of variable amplitude fatigue design and testing

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1439, 2003, Pages 3-23

  Sonsino, Cetin Morris ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR STRUCTURAL DURABILITY AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY LBF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damage accumulation; Design and test spectra; Experimental proof; Fatigue life assessment; Rainflow counting; Reconstitution; Variable amplitude fatigue

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBABILITY;

FATIGUE DESIGN; MARKOVIAN MATRICES;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 33244485662     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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