| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 165, 2018
12th International Fatigue Congress (FATIGUE 2018)
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| Article Number | 10017 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Fatigue of Structures / Vibrations / in Service Fatigue Failures | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201816510017 | |
| Published online | 25 May 2018 | |
Evaluating the Impact of Conservatism in Industrial Fatigue Analysis of Life-Limited Components
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Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, United Kingdom
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, United Kingdom
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Safran Landing Systems, Gloucester, GL2 9QH, United Kingdom
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Safran Landing Systems, Ajax, ON, L1S 2G8, Canada
* Corresponding author: jh12317@bristol.ac.uk
This paper presents a review of the conservatism approaches applied by different industrial sectors to the stress-life (S-N) analysis of ‘life-limited’ or ‘safe-life’ components. A comparison of the fatigue design standards for 6 industrial sectors identified that the conservatism approaches are highly inconsistent when comparing the areas of variability and uncertainty accounted for along with the conservatism magnitude and method of application. Through the use of a case-study based on the SAE keyhole benchmark and 4340 steel S-N data, the industrial sector which introduces the greatest reduction of a component life-limit was identified as the nuclear sector. The results of the case-study also highlighted that conservatism applied to account for scatter in S-N data currently provides the greatest contribution to the reduction of component life-limits.
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