Virtual Bookstore Citation Title FINITE ELEMENT RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF FATIGUE LIFE, Author(s) Harkness, H.H.; Belytschko, T.; Liu, W.K. Corporate Author(s) Report Date 3/1/1992 Page Count 16 Abstract Fatigue reliability is addressed by the first-order reliability methodcombined with a finite element method. Two-dimensional finite element models ofcomponents with cracks in mode I are considered with crack growth treated by theParis law. Probability density functions of the variables affecting fatigue areproposed to reflect a setting where nondestructive evaluation is used, and theRosenblatt transformation is employed to treat non- Gaussian random variables.Comparisons of the first-order reliability results and Monte Carlo simulationssuggest that the accuracy of the first-order reliability method is quite good inthis setting. Results show that the upper portion of the initial crack lengthprobability density function is crucial to reliability, which suggests that ifnondestructive evaluation is used, the probability of detection curve plays akey role in stability. (Author). Out Of Print Prices are plus sales tax when purchased within New York State and shipping charges, if applicable