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Probabilistic Calculation of Fatigue Crack Progression Using FCProbCalc Code

Martin Krejsa
Transactions of the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Civil Engineering Series
2012, Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 8-18
Doi: 10.2478/v10160-012-0003-9
The paper gives examples of the probabilistic assessment of a steel cyclic loaded structure. Fatigue progression of the cracks from the edge and from the surface is used as a basis for proposing a system of inspections of details which tend to be damaged by fatigue. The newly developed method Direct Optimized Probabilistic Calculation (DOProC method) was used for solution. The method was applied in FCProbCalc software.
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