ESDU Vibration and Acoustic Fatigue in Nuclear Facilities
Vibration and acoustic fatigue failures during service life can have a critical impact on the facility safety and operation. Methods for estimating the response and fatigue life of structures subjected to acoustic loading are provided. These simple and efficient methods can be used to design reliable structures for use in areas of intense sound and vibration.
Data on the natural frequencies of plate, box and shell structures are provided to assess the acoustic fatigue life of these structures. These vibration data have a wide application in dynamic design calculations where it is necessary to ensure that the natural frequencies of structural components do not coincide with a high-energy region of dynamic excitation.
This Collection contains:
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ESDU 22001
Definitions of terms used in Vibration and Acoustic Fatigue -
ESDU 20005
Introduction and guide to ESDU data on acoustic fatigue -
ESDU 86025
Design against fatigue: vibration of structures under acoustic or aerodynamic excitation. -
ESDU 72015
Endurance of aluminium alloy structural elements subjected to simulated acoustic loading. -
ESDU 10011
Endurance of titanium and titanium alloy structural elements subjected to simulated acoustic loading. -
ESDU 84027
Endurance of fibre-reinforced composite, laminated structural elements subjected to simulated random acoustic loading. -
ESDU 93027
Methods of testing for endurance of structural elements using simulated acoustic loading. -
ESDU 10012
Application of linear regression analysis to acoustic fatigue data. -
ESDU 67028
Estimation of the r.m.s. stress in skin panels subjected to random acoustic loading. -
ESDU 87002
Natural frequencies of rectangular singly-curved plates. -
ESDU 90016
Natural frequencies of isotropic and orthotropic rectangular plates under static in-plane loading (including shear loading). -
ESDU 78004
Natural frequencies of thin-walled isotropic, circular-cylindrical shells. -
ESDU 80040
Free vibration of thin-walled, orthogonally stiffened, circular-cylindrical shells. -
ESDU 81018
Natural frequencies of thick-walled isotropic circular-cylindrical shells (shear diaphragm end conditions). -
ESDU 97033
Methods for analysis of the dynamic response of structures. -
ESDU 06009
Fatigue damage and life under random loading. -
ESDU 06010
Cycle counting methods for the estimation of fatigue life. -
ESDU 06011
Spectral methods for the estimation of fatigue life -
ESDU 09015
Extrapolating wind-tunnel data to full-scale Reynolds number Part 3: Example (i) Choice of simulation criteria and transition-strip locations for the F4 Wing/Body combination at the design condition -
ESDU 73011
Damping in acoustically excited structures.