Fatigue reliability of wind turbines: historical perspectives, recent developments and future prospects

D Liao, SP Zhu, JAFO Correia, AMP De Jesus… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind, as a sustainable and affordable energy source, represents a strong alternative to
traditional energy sources. However, wind power is only one of the options, together with …

Recent advances on notch effects in metal fatigue: A review

D Liao, SP Zhu, JAFO Correia… - Fatigue & Fracture of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Notch features including holes, fillets, shoulders, and grooves commonly exist in
engineering components. When subjected to external loads, these geometrical …

Probabilistic framework for fatigue life assessment of notched components under size effects

D Liao, SP Zhu, B Keshtegar, G Qian… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Structural integrity assessments with discontinuities are critical for ensuring operational life
and reliability of engineering components. In this work, through combining with the …

Stress gradient effect in metal fatigue: Review and solutions

SP Zhu, WL Ye, JAFO Correia, AMP Jesus… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Under external loadings, notched components always show varying degrees of stress
concentration. Accordingly, different kinds of approaches have been presented to …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of notch size on critical distance and fatigue life predictions

SP Zhu, JC He, D Liao, Q Wang, Y Liu - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Notch and size effects generally show great influence on the fatigue behavior of engineering
structures, which plays a vital role during their structural integrity and reliability evaluations …

Combined notch and size effect modeling in a local probabilistic approach for LCF

L Mäde, S Schmitz, H Gottschalk, T Beck - Computational Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years a local probabilistic model for low cycle fatigue (LCF) based on the statistical
size effect has been developed and applied on engineering components. Here, the notch …

Evaluation of size effect on strain-controlled fatigue behavior of a quench and tempered rotor steel: Experimental and numerical study

SP Zhu, S Foletti, S Beretta - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2018 - Elsevier
Combining the weakest-link theory with fatigue crack growth modeling, this study presents a
mechanical-probabilistic modeling of specimen size effect for 30NiCrMoV12 steel in a low …

Notch-based probabilistic fatigue analysis of automobile transmission gear considering size effect

Y Zhang, C Su, X Liu - Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
Notch fatigue is regarded as a major issue of damaging the structural integrity for notched
components in engineering. Based on the theory of critical distance (TCD), this study …

Probabilistic notch fatigue assessment under size effect using weakest link theory

WQ Dai, SP Zhu, JC He, AT Taddesse… - Engineering Fracture …, 2022 - Elsevier
Notch and size effects exerts significant influence on the fatigue performances of
engineering components. In the present study, a probabilistic framework for fatigue life …

Contact stress analysis and fatigue life prediction of turbine disc–blade attachment with fir‐tree tenon structure

R Yuan, D Liao, SP Zhu, ZY Yu… - Fatigue & Fracture of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fir‐tree tenon structure, as a commonly used scheme in the connection of turbine blades
and discs, plays a critical role in the reliability and integrity of aeroengine turbines. This work …