ON MODELS FOR THE PROBABILITY OF FATIGUE FAILURE OF A STRUCTURE

摘要

This paper represents an attempt by a person trained in probability theory to survey some of the problems involved in evaluating structural safety. Part I of the present paper is a review of the probabilistic considerations involved in evaluating the strength of materials, and the construction of so called S-N curves. In Part II we briefly advance a probabilistic model for the life before fatigue failure of a structure.