09.01.2015 Views

Accelerated Load Data Analysis with LMS TecWare - Download ...

Accelerated Load Data Analysis with LMS TecWare - Download ...

Accelerated Load Data Analysis with LMS TecWare - Download ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Durability load data processing<br />

Why rainflow counting <br />

• Basic damage event : closed hysteresis loop<br />

Interpret<br />

• Rainflow counting = counting of closed hysteresis loops in time signal<br />

Rainflow<br />

counting<br />

1<br />

0<br />

9<br />

8<br />

7<br />

6<br />

5<br />

4<br />

3<br />

2<br />

1<br />

<strong>Load</strong> history<br />

from<br />

load<br />

level<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4<br />

5<br />

6<br />

7<br />

8<br />

9<br />

1<br />

0<br />

to load level<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br />

10<br />

Damage<br />

calculation<br />

Closed hysteresis<br />

loop<br />

Classification<br />

into bins<br />

Rainflow Matrix:<br />

at any from-to cell: entry<br />

for the numbers of cycles<br />

to<br />

(Pseudo-)<br />

Damage<br />

from<br />

constant amplitude<br />

constant mean<br />

Lines of constant mean<br />

and constant amplitude<br />

in a rainflow matrix<br />

standing<br />

hystereses<br />

hanging<br />

hystereses<br />

26 <strong>LMS</strong> User Conference 2006

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!