Fatigue reliability: a review of recent advances. (1st January 2001)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wirsching, P.H.; Nguyen, H. P.
• Is Part Of: International journal of material & product technology. Volume 16:Number 4/5(2001)
• Page Start: 285
• Page End: 294
• Publication Date: 2001-01-01
• Subjects: fatigue -- probabilistic design -- reliability; Manufacturing processes -- Periodicals; Materials -- Testing -- Periodicals; 620.11
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0268-1900

Abstract

Fatigue is generally considered the most important failure mode in mechanical and structural systems. Reliability methods are appropriate for managing the large uncertainties that exist in fatigue design factors. In this paper, methods of fatigue reliability analysis are reviewed with emphasis on recent work, for which time variant reliability methods are used to model fatigue-weakened structures.