In-Service Fatigue Reliability of Structures [Hardcover]

This book provides readers with the latest know-how and tools needed to assess the in-service strength and reliability of welded structures. It addresses the two principal mechanisms of structural material deterioration, fatigue and corrosion, which affect the in-service behavior of structures. In this regard, the primary focus is on fatigue in connection with various structural failure scenarios. Realistic and typical examples of welded structures design and residual life assessment are used throughout the book in order to show readers the complexity of real-world assessments. The book offers a valuable resource for masters students in mechanical and civil engineering, and for engineers whose work involves fatigue design and in-service inspections of welded structures.

Introduction: Reliability of Technologies.- Service Life Prediction in the Design Phase.- Assessment of the Residual Life.- Elements of Theory of Probability.- Random Events and Random Variables.- Statistics of Random Variables. Probability Distributions.- Evaluation of Statistics of a Random Process.- Basics of Statistical Dynamics. Spectral Method.- Elements of Spectral Analysis of a Stationary Random Process.- Forced oscillations of a single degree of freedom dynamic system.- Wiener-Khinchin Theorem. Evaluation of the Output Process Statistics.- Service Loads.- Classification of Service Loads on Structures.- Service Loads  Continuous Successions. Spectral and Statistical Characrerization.- Spectral Characterization of Loads.- Fatigue Behavior of Materials and Structural Components.- Fatigue Characterization of Structural Materials.- Principles of Modeling Fatigue Behavior of Structures.- Current Approaches to Fatigue of Structures in Design and in Service Conditions.- Numericall£—