Reliability analysis on fatigue life with separated structural and load spectrum scatters

  • Xiaofan He*
  • , Yanmin Dong
  • , Wenting Liu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

To assess the safe-life for a fleet, and account for the effects of load spectrum variability, the fatigue life scatter including the load spectrum scatter and structural property scatter is separated. It is assumed that the fatigue life under the specified load spectrum follows the log-normal distribution, and that the load spectra damage also follows the log-normal. The fatigue life scatter is separable, and then the accurate distribution function of the fatigue life is deduced with the conditioned probability model. The expectation is unchanged, and the variation is equal to the sum of the structural variation and the load spectrum variation. Therefore the safe-life of a fleet can be determined by the small scatter factor under a severe spectrum, and the spectrum severity and the life reliability are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)732-737
Number of pages6
JournalHangkong Xuebao/Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica
Volume31
Issue number4
StatePublished - Apr 2010

Keywords

  • Load spectrum
  • Reliability
  • Safe-life
  • Scatter
  • Scatter factor
  • Structure

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