Extrapolation of load histories and spectra
Extrapolation of load histories and spectra
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10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.00982.x
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2006-03
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Pär Johannesson
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In fatigue life assessments both the material properties and the load characteristics are essential parameters. The life of a component can be experimentally found by performing fatigue tests. In order to get reliable predictions of the life in service, the tests should be performed using variable amplitude loadings that are representative for the service loads. This paper concentrates on the problem of extrapolating a measured load history to a longer time period, for example to a full design life. Using statistical extreme value theory, a new method for extrapolating a time sequence is presented. The obtained extrapolated load spectrum is compared to the result using a method for extrapolating the rainflow matrix. Introduction The service life of a component depends on both the load conditions and the fatigue strength. Hence, in order to get a proper fatigue design it is important to consider real customer loads. Many engineering methods are based on finding the worst case scenario, where worst often should be interpreted as a certain severe customer; see e.g. Grubisic [3], Klatschke & Schutz [5], Socie [7]. These procedures involve extrapolation of measured loads to longer periods of time, typically to a design life. Such an extrapolation should allow more extreme loads than the observed ones. In Socie [7] a statistical method is used that was proposed by Dressler et al. [2], where the rainflow matrix is extrapolated using kernel smoothing. The main topic of this paper is a method, based on statistical extreme value theory, for extrapolation of a measured time signal to a longer time period, allowing for more extreme cycles than the largest observed ones. The method can be applied to any signal and any purpose, e.g. the extrapolated time signal could be the input to a fatigue test, or the load input to a FEM fatigue analysis. The method will first be explained on a very short signal, where it is easier to see how the method works. It will then be applied to two load histories, one from a train, and one from a car. Further, the obtained load spectrum from the extrapolated time signal will be compared to the load spectrum obtained from the more direct method of computing the extrapolated rainflow matrix. Method for Extrapolation of a Load History A measured signal often represents only a very short part of the design life. When performing variable amplitude tests it is customary to use a measured load history, and repeat this load block until failure. This has the drawback that only the cycles in the measured signal will appear in the extrapolation, even though also other cycles are possible. Especially, this can be critical for the most damaging large amplitude cycles. The methodology here will be to repeat the measured load block, but modify the largest maxima and lowest minima in each block. The random regeneration of each block is based on