Appendix 3 Design For Fatigue
Appendix 3 Design For Fatigue
Appendix 3 Design For Fatigue
3.1 General Provisions fatigue consideration shall be needed. The allowable stress
range Srd shall not be less than the value from Equation 3.2-2
Welded details, mechanically fastened joints, and wrought
when N = 5 × 106 cycles and shall not be greater than the
material subjected to fatigue shall meet all the static require-
value from Equation 3.2-2 when N = 105 cycles.
ments of this Speci cation as well as the requirements of
this Appendix. Fatigue design of castings shall be made by
testing in accordance with Appendix 1. 3.3 Variable Amplitude Loading
Categories of details for fatigue design parameters shall For variable amplitude loading:
be chosen from Figure 3.1 and Table 3.1.
The maximum and minimum stresses used to calculate Sre ≤ Srd (3.3-1)
the stress range are nominal stresses perpendicular to the
expected plane of cracking determined by elastic methods. where
(∑ )
Ns 1/m
For constant amplitude loading Sre = αi S mri (3.3-2)
i=1
Srd = allowable stress range
Sra ≤ Srd (3.2-1) Srd = Cf N −1/m (3.3-3)
αi = number of cycles in the spectrum of the ith stress
where range divided by the total number of cycles
Sra = applied stress range, the algebraic difference Sri = ith stress range in the spectrum
between the minimum and maximum calculated Cf , m = constants from Table 3.2
stress NS = number of stress ranges in the spectrum
Srd = allowable stress range N = number of cycles to failure
Srd = Cf N −1/m (3.2-2) The allowable stress range Srd shall not exceed the value
Cf , m = constants from Table 3.2
from Equation 3.3-3 when N = 105 cycles.
N = number of cycles to failure
If the maximum stress range in the spectrum is less than
If the applied stress range Sra is less than the constant the constant amplitude fatigue limit, no further fatigue assess-
amplitude fatigue limit given in Table 3.2, no further ment is needed.