ISO 12107:2012-08 (E)

Metallic materials - Fatigue testing - Statistical planning and analysis of data

Contents

Page

Foreword ......................................................................................................................................................... iv
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... v
1
1.1
1.2
1.3

Scope ............................................................................................................................................... 1
Objectives ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Fatigue properties to be analysed ................................................................................................ 1
Limit of application ........................................................................................................................ 1

Normative references .................................................................................................................... 1

3
3.1
3.2

Termsanddefinitions ...................................................................................................................... 2
Terms related to statistics ............................................................................................................. 2
Terms related to fatigue ................................................................................................................ 3

4
4.1
4.2
4.3

Statistical distributions in fatigue properties .............................................................................. 3

Concept of distributions in fatigue ............................................................................................... 3
Distribution of fatigue life .............................................................................................................. 4
Distribution of fatigue strength .................................................................................................... 5

5
5.1
5.2

Statistical planning of fatigue tests .............................................................................................. 5

Sampling ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Allocation of specimens for testing ............................................................................................. 6

6
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5

Statistical estimation of fatigue life at a given stress ................................................................ 6

Testing to obtain fatigue life data ................................................................................................. 6
Plotting data on normal probability paper ................................................................................... 6
Estimating distribution parameters .............................................................................................. 7
Quantitative evaluation of the assumption of normality ............................................................ 7
Estimating the lower limit of the fatigue life ................................................................................ 7

7
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4

Statistical estimation of fatigue strength at a given fatigue life ................................................ 8

Testing to obtain fatigue strength data ........................................................................................ 8
Statistical analysis of test data ..................................................................................................... 8
Estimating the lower limit of the fatigue strength ...................................................................... 9
Modifiedmethodwhenstandarddeviationisknown ....................................................................... 9

8
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5

Statistical estimation of the S-N curve ......................................................................................... 9

Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 9
Estimation of regression parameters ......................................................................................... 13
Analysis approach ....................................................................................................................... 15
Calculation of the lower tolerance limit ..................................................................................... 21
Experimental plan for the development of S-N curves ............................................................ 22

9
9.1
9.2
9.3

Test report ..................................................................................................................................... 22

Presentation of test results ......................................................................................................... 22
Fatigue strength at a given life ................................................................................................... 22
S-N curve ....................................................................................................................................... 23

Annex A (informative) Examples of applications ....................................................................................... 24

Annex B (informative) Statistical tables ...................................................................................................... 34
Bibliography .................................................................................................................................................. 36
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