fatiguepy 1.9.1

Package to estimate life of random fatigue history with frequency domain methods

Fatiguepy Package

Available Methods

This package can estimate fatigue life by 6 methods in frequency domain and a method in time domain:

• Rainflow

• Narrow Band

• Rice

• Wirsching-Light

• Tovo-Benasciutti

• 

• Dirlik

• Zhao-Baker

The package requires numpy, math and rainflow

Instalation

Install directly the package by pip:

pip install fatiguepy

Obtaining Power Spectral Density

First, it is necessary to do the calculations of the probability moments. So, you need Power Spectral Density. To test this package, a random history filtered will be used to get PSD, as seen below

import numpy as np
from scipy import signal

xf = 10
fs = 1024
dt = 1/fs

x = np.arange(0, xf, dt)

signal1 = []
for i in range(len(x)):
    signal1.append(random.random()*300)
signal1 = signal1 - np.mean(signal1)

nyquist = ((len(x)/max(x))/2)

left_pass  = 1.1*100/nyquist
left_stop  = 0.9*100/nyquist
right_pass = 0.9*150/nyquist
right_stop = 1.1*150/nyquist

(N, Wn) = signal.buttord(wp=[left_pass, right_pass],
            ws=[left_stop, right_stop],
            gpass=2, gstop=30, analog=0)

(b, a) = signal.butter(N, Wn, btype='band', analog=0, output='ba')

y = signal.filtfilt(b, a, signal1)

window = signal.hann(len(y), False)

f, Gyy = signal.welch(y, fs, return_onesided=True, window=window, average='median')

Probability Moments

Once the PSD and frequency are obtained, just use the module present in the fatiguepy package. Function moment0 to moment4 returns respective probability moment, E0 returns the expected positive zero-crossing rate, EP returns the expected peak occurrency frequency and alpha2 returns spectral width parameter.

Parameters

(ndarray): Power Spectral Density or Power Spectrum of Stress History y

(ndarray): array of sample frequencies

from fatiguepy import *
moments = prob_moment.Probability_Moment(Gyy, f)

m0 = moments.moment0()
m1 = moments.moment1()
m2 = moments.moment2()
m4 = moments.moment4()
m75 = moments.moment0dot75()
m15 = moments.moment1dot5()

E0 = moments.E0()
EP = moments.EP()
gamma = moments.alpha2()

Steel SAE 1015 was considered, so Python can perform the calculations.

b = -0.138
sigmaf = 1020
A = (2**b)*sigmaf
k = -1/b
C = A ** k

Damage

The damage intensity (Damage/unit of time) calculated by every method is given by the following equation:

Where is PDF of amplitude, k and C is material property, is equivalent to expected number of peaks and s is stress.

Narrow Band (NB)

For narrow band processes it is reasonable to assume that every peak coincides with a cycle and that, consequently, the amplitudes of the cycles are distributed according to a Rayleigh function.

PDF returns the Probability Density Function of Narrow-Band Method, counting_cycles convert PDF in n [cycles] and loading_spectrum returns the number of cycles having amplitude higher or equal to s.

Parameters

(float): Slope of SN Curve

(float): Constant of SN Curve

(ndarray): Power Spectral Density or Power Spectrum of Stress History y

(ndarray): Array of sample frequencies

(ndarray): Array of sample stresses

si = 0.0
sf = abs(max(y)-min(y))
ds = sf/128
s = np.arange(si, sf, ds)

NB = Narrow_Band.NB(k, C, Gyy, f, xf, s)
pNB = NB.PDF()

DNB = NB.Damage()
TNB = NB.Life()
TNBh = NB.Lifeh()

Damage returns the Damage by NB approach, Life returns the period until failure (in cycles) and Lifeh returns the life in hours.

For the history in study, this method return the respective results:

DNB = 7.35e-09 per second
TNB = 1.35e+07 cycles
TNBh = 37772.67 hours

Rice (RC)

Rice model is a mix of Rayleigh and a gaussian distribution.

PDF returns the Probability Density Function of Narrow-Band Method, counting_cycles convert PDF in n [cycles] and loading_spectrum returns the number of cycles having amplitude higher or equal to s.

Parameters

(float): Slope of SN Curve

(float): Constant of SN Curve

(ndarray): Power Spectral Density or Power Spectrum of Stress History y

(ndarray): Array of sample frequencies

(ndarray): Array of sample stresses

si = 0.0
sf = abs(max(y)-min(y))
ds = sf/128
s = np.arange(si, sf, ds)

RC = Narrow_Band.RC(k, C, Gyy, f, xf, s)
pRC = RC.PDF()

DRC = RC.Damage()
TRC = RC.Life()
TRCh = RC.Lifeh()

For the history in study, this method return the respective results:

DNB = 7.09e-09 per second
TNB = 1.41e+07 cycles
TNBh = 39201.35 hours

Wirsching-Light (WL)

To this method, Wirsching and Light considered an width parameter to correct Narrow-Band approximation with an empirical factor. It can be done with the fatiguepy package as follows:

Parameters

(float): Slope of SN Curve

(float): Constant of SN Curve

(ndarray): Power Spectral Density or Power Spectrum of Stress History y

(ndarray): Array of sample frequencies

(ndarray): Array of sample stresses

si = 0.0
sf = abs(max(y)-min(y))
ds = sf/128
s = np.arange(si, sf, ds)

WL = Wirsching_Light.WL(k, C, Gyy, f, xf, s)
DWL = WL.Damage()
TWL = WL.Life()
TWLh = WL.Lifeh()

For the history in study, this method return the respective results:

DWL = 5.76e-09 per second
TWL = 1.74e+07 cycles
TWLh = 48206.58 hours

Tovo-Benasciutti (TB)

To this method, Tovo and Benasciutti proposed an approach where the fatigue life is calculated as a linear combination of the upper and lower fatigue- damage intensity limits. It can be done with the fatiguepy package as follows:

Parameters

(float): Slope of SN Curve

(float): Constant of SN Curve

(ndarray): Power Spectral Density or Power Spectrum of Stress History y

(ndarray): Array of sample frequencies

(ndarray): Array of sample stresses

si = 0.0
sf = abs(max(y)-min(y))
ds = sf/128
s = np.arange(si, sf, ds)

TB = Tovo_Benasciutti.TB(k, C, Gyy, f, xf, s)
DTB = TB.Damage()
TTB = TB.Life()
TTBh = TB.Lifeh()

For the history in study, this method return the respective results:

DTB = 7.23e-09 per second
TTB = 1.38e+07 cycles
TTBh = 38414.58 hours

method (AL)

This method is a correction method based in a spectral parameter , and it's can be done as follows:

Parameters

(float): Slope of SN Curve

(float): Constant of SN Curve

(ndarray): Power Spectral Density or Power Spectrum of Stress History y

(ndarray): Array of sample frequencies

(float): Observation period

(ndarray): Array of sample stresses

si = 0.0
sf = abs(max(y)-min(y))
ds = sf/128
s = np.arange(si, sf, ds)

AL = alpha075.AL(k, C, Gyy, f, xf, s)
DAL = AL.Damage()
TAL = AL.Life()
TALh = AL.Lifeh()

For the history in study, this method return the respective results:

DAL = 7.18e-09 per second
TAL = 1.39e+07 cycles
TALh = 38671.59 hours

Dirlik

This method has long been considered to be one of the best and has already been subject to modifications, e.g., for the inclusion of the temperature effect.

Parameters

(float): Slope of SN Curve

(float): Constant of SN Curve

(ndarray): Power Spectral Density or Power Spectrum of Stress History y

(ndarray): Array of sample frequencies

(ndarray): Array of sample stresses

The functions for this method are analogous to the NB functions:

si = 0.0
sf = abs(max(y)-min(y))
ds = sf/128
s = np.arange(si, sf, ds)

DK = Dirlik.DK(k, C, Gyy, f, xf, s)

ps = DK.PDF()

DDK = DK.Damage()
TDK = DK.Life()
TDKh = DK.Lifeh()

For the history in study, this method return the respective results:

DDK = 7.21e-09 per second
TDK = 1.38e+07 cycles
TDKh = 38539.97 hours

Zhao-Baker (ZB)

This method combined theoretical assumptions and simulation results to give the linear combination of Weibull and Rayleigh Probability Density Function.

Parameters

(float): Slope of SN Curve

(float): Constant of SN Curve

(ndarray): Power Spectral Density or Power Spectrum of Stress History y

(ndarray): Array of sample frequencies

(ndarray): Array of sample stresses

The results can be obtained in the same way as the previous methods:

si = 0.0
sf = abs(max(y)-min(y))
ds = sf/128
s = np.arange(si, sf, ds)

ZB = Zhao_Baker.ZB(k, C, Gyy, w, xf, s)
psZB = ZB.PDF()

DZB = ZB.Damage()
TZB = ZB.Life()
TZBh = ZB.Lifeh()

For the history in study, this method return the respective results:

DZB = 7.15e-09 per second
TZB = 1.39e+07 cycles
TZBh = 38848.97 hours

Rainflow

If you want to calculate rainflow amplitude histogram, you can use the Rainflow module of this package.

Parameters

(float): Constant of SN Curve

(float): Slope of SN Curve

(ndarray): Stress History y

(ndarray): time

The results can be obtained in the same way as the previous methods:

RF = Rainflow.rainflowD(C, k, y, x)

DRF = RF.Damage()
TRF = RF.life()
TRFh = RF.lifeh()

For the history in study, this method return the respective results:

DRF = 7.05e-09 per second
TRF = 1.42e+07 cycles
TRFh = 39389.11 hours

You can compare the result of the methods with counting_cycles() method, present in Narrow_Band, Rice, Dirlik and Zhao_Baker modules as seen below:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

S, nRF = RF.rainflow_histogram()

nNB = NB.counting_cycles()
nRC = RC.counting_cycles()
nDK = DK.counting_cycles()
nZB = ZB.counting_cycles()

plt.figure("Comparison in same plot")
plt.bar(S, p,width=round(max(S)*0.015, 1), color='white', edgecolor='black')
plt.plot(s, nNB, linestyle=':',color='blue')
plt.plot(s, nRC, linestyle='-.',color='red')
plt.plot(s, ns, linestyle='-',color='black')
plt.plot(s, nZB, linestyle='--',color='purple')
plt.legend(("Narrow Band", "Rice", "Dirlik", "Zhao-Baker", "Rainflow"))
plt.xlabel(r'Amplitude [MPa]')
plt.ylabel(r'n [cycles]')
plt.grid(True)
plt.show()

It's possible to compare the methods with loading_spectrum as well.

CC, Ss = RF.CumuCycles()

CNB = NB.loading_spectrum()
CRC = NB.loading_spectrum()
CDK = NB.loading_spectrum()
CZB = NB.loading_spectrum()

plt.figure("Comparison between Cumulative Cycles")

plt.semilogx(CC, S, marker='o')
plt.semilogx(CNB, s, marker='D')
plt.semilogx(CRC, s, marker='*')
plt.semilogx(Cs, s, marker='^')
plt.semilogx(CZB, s, marker='s')

plt.legend(("RF", "NB", "RC", "DK", "ZB"))

plt.xlabel('Cumulated Cycles [cycles]')
plt.ylabel(r'S$_a$ [MPa]')

plt.grid(True)
plt.show()

Relative Error

To compute relative error of any method, the relative_error function, present in all modules of the fatiguepy package, must be used.

This relative error is in relation to Damage/(unit of second) when type='damage' or in relation to Life when type='cycles'.

Here's an example, calculating error for Zhao-Baker Method:

ZB = Zhao_Baker.ZB(k, C, Gyy, w, xf, s, type='cycles')
psZB = ZB.PDF()

DZB = ZB.Damage()
err = ZB.relative_error(y)

When the method parameter is hidden, method="Rainflow" is considered.

If you want to calculate error in relation to the experimental result, do as follows (experimental_value has to be in Damage/(unit of time or unit of life (cycles, s, h, etc))):

ZB = Zhao_Baker.ZB(k, C, Gyy, w, xf, s)
psZB = ZB.PDF()

DZB = ZB.Damage()
Dex = 7.00e-09
err = ZB.relative_error(y, method="Experimental", experimental_value = Dex)

Access https://github.com/thiagonds65/fatiguepy to view comparison images