Vibration fatigue analysis of structures under broadband excitation

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Koçer, Bilge

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The behavior of structures is totally different when they are exposed to fluctuating loading rather than static one which is a well known phenomenon in engineering called fatigue. When the loading is not static but dynamic, the dynamics of the structure should be taken into account since there is a high possibility to excite the resonance frequencies of the structure especially if the loading frequency has a wide bandwidth. In these cases, the structure’s response to the loading will not be linear. Therefore, in the analysis of such situations, frequency domain fatigue analysis techniques are used which take the dynamic properties of the structure into consideration. Vibration fatigue method is also fast, functional and easy to implement. In this thesis, vibration fatigue theory is examined. Throughout the research conducted for this study, the ultimate aim is to find solutions to problems arising from test application for the loadings with nonzero mean value bringing a new perspective to mean stress correction techniques. A new method is developed to generate a modified input loading history with a zero mean value which leads in fatigue damage approximately equivalent to damage induced by input loading with a nonzero mean value. A mathematical procedure is proposed to implement mean stress correction to the output stress power spectral density data and a modified input loading power spectral density data is obtained. Furthermore, this method is improved for multiaxial loading applications. A loading history power spectral density set with zero mean but modified alternating stress, which leads in fatigue damage approximately equivalent to the damage caused by the unprocessed loading set with nonzero mean, is extracted taking all stress components into account using full matrixes. The proposed techniques’ efficiency is discussed throughout several case studies and fatigue tests.

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Mechanical engineering., Vibration fatigue.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612061/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19704

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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B. Koçer, “Vibration fatigue analysis of structures under broadband excitation,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2010.