@ARTICLE{Tomaszewski_T._Fatigue_2020,
 author={Tomaszewski, T. and Strzelecki, P. and Wachowski, M. and Stopel, M.},
 volume={68},
 number={No. 4 (i.a. Special Section on Advances in Electrical Power Engineering)},
 journal={Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences},
 pages={913-921},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2020},
 abstract={The paper evaluates the causes related to the fatigue damage in a conveyor slide plate, exposed to high-frequency cyclic loads. The plate was made of 1.4301 acid-resistant steel. The fractography showed that the plate failure was caused by fatigue crack. A nonlinear analysis of plate deformation was conducted using the finite element method (FEA) in LS-Dyna software. The maximum normal stresses in the plate fracture were used in further analysis. A “fatigue limit” calculated initially using a FITNET procedure was above the maximum stress calculated using FEA. It indicates that the structural features of the plate were selected correctly. The experimental test results for 1.4301 acid-resistant steel were described using a probabilistic Weibull distribution model. Reliability was determined for the obtained S-N curve at 50% and 5% failure probability allowing for the selected coefficients (cycle asymmetry, roughness, variable load) and the history of cyclic loading. Cumulative damage was determined using the Palmgren-Miner hypothesis. The estimated fatigue life was similar to the actual value determined in the operating conditions for the S-N curve at 5% failure probability. For engineering calculations, the S-N curve at max. 5% failure probability is recommended.},
 type={Article},
 title={Fatigue life prediction for acid-resistant steel plate under operating loads},
 URL={http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/117266/PDF/27_913-921_01667_Bpast.No.68-4_27.08.20.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/bpasts.2020.134184},
 keywords={reliability, macro-fractography, finite element analysis, S-N curve, acid-resistant steel},
}