"A Simple Numerical Method of Cycle Jumps for Cyclically Loaded Structu" by D. Cojocaru and Anette M. Karlsson
 

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2006

Publication Title

International Journal of Fatigue

Abstract

A method for accelerated numerical simulations of structures subjected to cyclic loading is investigated. Of particular interest is a class of structures where the structural properties evolve with time. The proposed method is based on conducting detailed finite element analysis for a set of cycles to establish a trend line, extrapolating the trend line spanning many cycles, and use the extrapolated state as initial state for additional FEA simulations. This includes a control function that automatically monitors the length of the cycle jump to ensure a realistic solution. We compare the proposed method to a reference calculation, where all incremental cycles are conducted, and find that the cycle jump solution replicates the true solution.

DOI

10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.01.010

Version

Postprint

Volume

28

Issue

12

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