23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-R42

FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION OF 3-D PROBLEMS BY DAMAGE MECHANICS WITH SPECTRUM LOADING

I. R. Memon (1), X. Zhang (2), D. Cui (2)
(1) National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan; (2) Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, PRC

Keywords: damage mechanics, spectrum loading, fatigue life prediction, loading sequence

The importance of applied load on the structure members cannot be denied in fatigue life prediction. This paper presents the prediction of fatigue lives for 3-D problems in elasto-plastic range with variable load amplitude.

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