Fatigue characteristics of asphalt binder have an important role in asphalt mix resistance against cracking. Viscoelastic Continuum Damage (VECD) analysis of asphalt binders has been successfully used in highway research works in order to predict fatigue behavior of hot mix asphalt (HMA). In this method an intrinsic property of the material, called damage function is obtained which is independe...

The design of a component subjected to fatigue requires an experimental qualification of the couple material/process fatigue characteristics. The current industrial requirements involve that this qualification has to be carried out on the smallest possible number of tests and within the smallest possible testing time to censorship. In the same time, the accuracy of estimations has to remain sig...

A finite element model has been created to quantify the thermal fatigue damage of the CPV die attach. Simulations are used to compare to results of empirical thermal fatigue equations originally developed for accelerated chamber cycling. While the empirical equations show promise when extrapolated to the lower temperature cycles characteristic of weather-induced temperature changes in the CPV d...

Based on a generalized cumulative damage approach with a stochastic process describing degradation, new accelerated life test models are presented in which both observed failures and degradation measures can be considered for parametric inference of system lifetime. Incorporating an accelerated test variable, we provide several new accelerated degradation models for failure based on the geometr...

The e ect of adding a superimposed high-frequent strain load, denoted as a high-cycle fatigue strain component, upon a strain-controlled thermomechanical fatigue test has been studied on a compacted graphite iron ENGJV-400 for di erent thermo-mechanical fatigue cycles and high-cycle fatigue strain ranges. It is demonstrated that the successive application of an high-cycle fatigue load has a con...

Document summarizes a procedure to establish pay factors for asphalt concrete pavement construction using performance models for fatigue and rutting based on the analysis of accelerated pavement tests from the Caltrans Heavy Vehicle Simulator (HVS) and the WesTrack accelerated pavement performance test program. Results of the performance-based approach are compared with pay factors determined b...

The vibration fatigue durability of eutectic Sn37Pb and near-eutectic Pb-free Sn3.9Ag0.6Cu solders is quantified, based on test data available from the literature [1]. The tests use random broad-band excitation (between 20Hz & 2000Hz), on selected SAC and SnPb surface mount interconnect styles. In the test, step-stress excitation was applied in the out-of-plane direction by increasing the RMS e...