FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Rainflow fatigue analysis for loads with multimodal power spectral densities BT AF OLAGNON, Michel GUEDE, Zakoua AS 1:1;2:1; FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCB-ERT-HO;2:PDG-DOP-DCB-ERT-HO; C1 IFREMER, Ctr Brest, F-29280 Plouzane, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-DOP-DCB-ERT-HO IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 IF 0.615 TC 21 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4197.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Random loading;Rainflow;Spectral fatigue;Fatigue AB This paper provides theoretical formulas to calculate conservative estimates of the rainflow fatigue damage from the spectral parameters for spectra composed of the combination of one or several narrow-band low-frequency loads and a higher frequency one, such as are often encountered with moored marine structures. With respect to the semi-empirical formulas that have been proposed by other authors, those presented here are theoretically constructed from the mathematical definition of rainflow and from the statistical properties of Gaussian processes. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. PY 2008 PD APR SO Marine Structures SN 0951-8339 PU Elsevier VL 21 IS 2-3 UT 000256244700003 BP 160 EP 176 DI 10.1016/j.marstruc.2007.12.004 ID 4197 ER EF