Probability Analysis of Duration of Stochastic Process Exceeding Fixed Threshold and Its Application on Structural Cumulative Damage and Fatigue Reliability Evaluation
Publication: ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering
Volume 10, Issue 2
Abstract
Based on the stochastic process multiple threshold crossings analysis formula, the impact of structural response random process crossing-threshold duration on structural fatigue reliability is studied, which was not involved in fatigue reliability analysis before. This paper considers the type of structural stress stochastic processes with Wiener characteristics in engineering and establishes a novel method considering the random response crossing-threshold duration for fatigue reliability evaluation. The fatigue cumulative damage considering random response crossing-threshold duration is derived analytically based on the assumption that cumulative damage is linear to crossing-threshold duration. This study makes the fatigue reliability analysis closer to the reality.
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Acknowledgments
This work was jointly supported by the National Key R&G Program of China (Grant No. 2021YFB2600900); the Talent Recruitment Project of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 2023TJ-Z17); the Research Project of the Educational Commission of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 22A0239); the Natural Science Foundation of Changsha City, China (Grant No. kq2202210); the Graduate Research and Innovation Project of Changsha University of Science and Technology (Grant No. CX2021SS19); and the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No. 2022JJ30012).
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