CUMULATIVE DAMAGE THEORIES AND APPLICATION

A NUMBER OF THE CUMULATIVE-DAMAGE THEORIES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED. SIGNIFICANT ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE MANNER IN WHICH FATIGUE DAMAGE IS ASSUMEED TO OCCUR AT DIFFERENT STRESS LEVELS WHEN THESE STRESS LEVELS OCCUR ALONE AND WHEN THEY ARE MIXED ARE ALSO DELINEATED. ON THIS BASIS THE SEVERAL THEORIES ARE IDENTIFIED AS STRESS-DEPENDENT OR STRESS-INDEPENDENT AND ARE CLASSIFIED FURTHER AS INTERACTION OR INTERACTION-FREE THEORIES. ALL OF THE THEORIES CONFORM IN THEIR GENERAL ASPECTS TO OBSERVED PHENOMENA. /ASCE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 94, No ST12, PROC PAPER 6290, PP 2739-2750, 7 FIG, 14
• Authors:
  • STALLMEYER, J E
  • Walker, W H
• Publication Date: 1968-12

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of the Structural Division
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distributions (Statistics); Fatigue (Physiological condition); Loss and damage; Stresses; Theory
• Old TRIS Terms: Cumulative distributions
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208918
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1994 12:00AM