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What does cycle mean in fatigue strength diagram?
The cycles in the diagram are cycles since the structure was manufactured. It is not reset to zero automatically! A typical shaft will reach high numbers pretty quick.
In some situations, you can ...
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Infinite life of a material, Fatigue Strength
No, the only metal that has an indefinite life at some stress level is steel. All other metals have a limit to fatigue life. A rule of thumb for steel is unlimited life with maximum stress cycles less ...
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Infinite life of a material, Fatigue Strength
Studies on fatigue life estimations was first done on steel axis in trains and continued on for other steel constructions. The majority of the fatigue publications have been based on fatigue ...
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What does cycle mean in fatigue strength diagram?
A cycle in terms of fatigue strength is going from no load to full load back to no load.
The frequency that the load is applied and removed is measured and there have been some well-documented ...
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Post and steel rope framework for grape vine
You could always do a type of over load test on the posts to see if they bend. To my knowledge timber carries a lot of variance. You would also want to know if the structure can survive windy ...
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Dlubal Rfem Seismic Analysis
Have a look at the YouTube tutorials about this issue. I think this point was almost explained there.
An example link is:
Webinar: Seismic Equivalent Loads Using the Response Spectrum Analysis in ...
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