The purpose of this paper is to estimate the fatigue life of an airplane wing with laminated composite skin, subjected to variable mechanical and thermal loads. To achieve this aim,at first, the three-dimensional model of airplane wing was drawn in CATIA software. Then, by transferring the model to the ABAQUS software, the finite element model of the wing wascreated. H...

In a fatigue-limit model, units tested below the fatigue limit (also known as the threshold stress) theoretically will never fail. This article uses a random fatigue-limit model to describe (a) the dependence of fatigue life on the stress level, (b) the variation in fatigue life, and (c) the unit-to-unit variation in the fatigue limit. We t the model to actual fatigue data sets by maximum likel...

A new high-cycle fatigue criterion based on the critical plane approach is proposed in this paper. Unlike most of the other multiaxial fatigue criteria based on the critical plane approach, the critical plane is directly correlated with the fatigue fracture plane. The proposed criterion has a wide range of applicability from very ductile metals to extremely brittle metals. Mean stress effect is...

Introduction. Compassion fatigue is a concept used with increasing frequency in the nursing literature. The objective of this paper is to identify common themes across the literature and to apply these themes, and an existing model of compassion fatigue, to informal caregivers for family members with dementia. Findings. Caregivers for family members with dementia may be at risk for developing c...

In this paper, we propose a quantitative metric of measuring the degree of the visual fatigue in a stereoscopy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first simplified relative quantitative approach describing visual fatigue value of a stereoscopy. Our experimental result shows that the correlation index of more than 98% is obtained between our Simplified Relative Visual Fatigue (SRVF) model...

BACKGROUND Cognitive fatigue and autonomic abnormalities are frequent symptoms in MS. Our model of MS-related fatigue assumes a shared neural network for cognitive fatigue and autonomic failures, i.e., aberrant vagus nerve activity induced by inflammatory processes. Therefore, they should occur in common. OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between cognitive fatigue and autonomic symptoms i...

In this paper a model is proposed to evaluate individually the normalized fatigue at the joint level. More specifically our model distinguishes the two antagonist muscle groups acting for each degree of freedom (in short dof). The fatigue model parameters are normalized torques, joint strength and the maximum holding time that a posture can be maintained. Fatigue evolution is predicted taking i...

This research was conducted in order to evaluate fatigue behavior of asphalt mixes containing Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steel slag. After initial evaluation of the properties of EAF steel slag using X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electric Microscope (SEM), six sets of laboratory mixtures were prepared. Each set were treated replacing various portions of limestone aggregates of the mix wi...

Fatigue in operational settings has many facets, as is discussed in various other contributions in this volume. One of the most pervasive manifestations of fatigue in today’s 24/7 economy is in the form of human impairment resulting from extended work hours and night and shift work. Such work schedules lead to sleep insufficiency and temporal misalignment relative to the biological clock (i.e.,...