The rainflow method in fatigue : the Tatsuo Endo memorial volume : the papers presented at the International Symposium on Fatigue Damage Measurement and Evaluation Under Complex Loadings in memory of Prof. Tatsuo Endo, the inventor of the rainbow method,

This is a survey of recent research into the Rainbow Method in fatigue. The development of an overall method for evaluating the service life of engineering components subjected to fatigue loading has been greatly aided by the Rainflow Method. This cycle counting method, first proposed in the late 1960s is now the subject of further development. It has been applied to solve many problems, as a result of the great success it has shown in predicting crack initiation and propagation. A compendium of work carried out on this subject is presented in this book. Experts from all over the world have described the state of the art in the development and application of the Rainflow Method and associated techniques Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Inside Front Cover , Page viii A brief personal history of Tatsuo Endo , Page ix Dedication , Pages x-xi , Yukitaka Murakami Prof. Tatsuo Endo's original papers presented at JSME meeting during 1967–1968 , Pages xii-xxiv List of Contributors , Pages xxv-xxix List of supporting company, symposium chairman, panel discussion organizer and session chairmen , Pages xxx-xxxi Rainflow Cycle Counting : A Historical Perspective , Pages 3-10 , Darrell Socie ALGORITHM OF THE RAINFLOW METHOD , Pages 11-20 , Hiroyuki Anzai RAINFLOW CYCLES IN RANDOM LOADS , Pages 21-30 , Igor Rychlik MULTIAXIAL RAINFLOW: A Consequent Continuation of Professor Tatsuo Endo's Work , Pages 31-40 , A. Beste, K. Dreßler, H. Kötzle, W. Krüger, B. Maier, J. Petersen RAINFLOW AND ORDERED OVERALL RANGE CYCLE COUNTING , Pages 41-50 , Drew V. Nelson SOME COMMENTS ON METHODS OF REDUCING AND RECONSTRUCTING IRREGULAR FATIGUE LOADING HISTORIES , Pages 51-60 , N.E. Dowling, S. Thangjitham, C. Leser, J.W. Fash Recent Topics on the Effective Random Peak Method , Pages 61-66 , Tatsuhiko Yoshimura, Shigeto Kano RAINFLOW APPLICATIONS IN ACCELERATED CUMULATIVE FATIGUE ANALYSIS , Pages 67-76 , R. Sunder STRESS WAVEFORM ANALYZERS -APPLICATION OF THE RAINFLOW METHOD , Pages 77-84 , Toshishige Maeda, Hachiro Imaizumi, Hideo Suzuki Field Data Acquisition System By “RAINFLOW METHOD” And Fatigue Life Estimation Of Automobile , Pages 87-93 , MASAO TAKAHARA Application of Modal Analysis to the Development of Vehicle Fatigue Strength , Pages 94-101 , Nobuyuki Yonehara, Yutaka Kagaya, Hajime Yamashita Improving the Fatigue Strength of Welded Joints by Shot Peening , Pages 102-111 , Satoshi Hiyoshi, Hiroji Iwasa, Kyosuke Hamada A Fatigue Design System Combined with FEM Analysis for Welded Structure of Construction Machines , Pages 112-120 , T. Mizoguchi, O. Ohtani, A. Kiuchi ANALYSIS OF THE CYCLIC STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE IN VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING USING THE RAIN-FLOW METHOD , Pages 123-131 , J. Polák, A. Vašek THE EFFECTIVE STRESS RANGE AS A FATIGUE DAMAGE PARAMETER , Pages 132-141 , D.L. DuQUESNAY, T.H. TOPPER, M.A. POMPETZKI, R. JURCEVIC CRACK CLOSURE MEASUREMENTS UNDER SPECTRUM LOADING , Pages 142-150 , R. Galatolo DIRECT OBSERVATION AND MICROMECHANISM OF FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH UNDER VARYING AMPLITUDE LOADINGS , Pages 151-160 , Masahiro JONO STATIC AND FATIGUE BIAXIAL TESTING OF FIBER COMPOSITES USING THIN WALLED TUBULAR SPECIMENS , Pages 161-169 , C. BATHIAS, D. LAI, T. SOEMARDI Fatigue Behaviour under Uniaxial and Multiaxial Service Load , Pages 170-181 , H. Zenner, J. Liu, C. Sanetra On the APPLICATION of the RAINFLOW COUNT METHOD at the SAAB Aircraft Division , Pages 185-193 , Lars Jarfall Overview of the Application of Fatigue Damage Measurement to Automobile Body Development , Pages 194-199 , Megumu Oshima Fatigue Design Methods for Ground Vehicle Structures , Pages 200-207 , Ronald W. Landgraf A Method for Fatigue Design Evaluation of Complex Structures Using Multiple FEM Load Case Analysis and Service Occurrence Estimates , Pages 208-215 , Daniel L. Morrow PANEL DISCUSSION , Pages 216-218 The Rainflow Method in Fatigue: The Tatsuo Endo Memorial Volume documents the proceedings of The International Symposium on Fatigue Damage Measurement and Evaluation Under Complex Loadings held in Fukuoka, Japan, on 25-26 July 1991. The Symposium was held in memory of Professor Tatsuo Endo, inventor of the rainflow method of counting fatigue cycles. His contributions were key to the development of an overall method for evaluating the service life of engineering components subjected to fatigue loading. This volume contains 23 papers organized into four parts. Part I on the cycle counting method includes papers on the historical development of the rainflow cycle counting method, and a fatigue analysis data reduction concept for general multidimensional time series. Part II on ground vehicles includes studies on methods for solving vehicle fatigue problems caused by body resonance, and a synthetic computer system for fatigue damage-based design of weld structure for construction machines. Part III on fatigue testing and analysis includes papers on crack closure load measurements during fatigue crack growth tests on the titanium alloy Ti-6A1-4V, and growing fatigue cracks under varying amplitude loadings. Part IV presents a panel discussion on total system of fatigue damage measurement and evaluation under complex loadings. This is a survey of recent research into the Rainbow Method in fatigue. It contains descriptions by world-renowned experts on the state of the art in the development and application of the Rainflow Method and associated techniques.