prEN 1999-1-3

Eurocode 9: Design of aluminium structures - Part 1-3: Structures susceptible to fatigue

1.1 Scope of EN 1999-1-3
(1) This document gives the basis for the design of aluminium alloy structures subject to fatigue in the ultimate limit state.
(2) This document gives rules for:
- safe life design;
- damage tolerant design;
- design assisted by testing.
(3) This document does not cover pressurized containment vessels or pipework.
1.2 Assumptions
(1) The general assumptions of EN 1990 apply.
(2) The provisions of EN 1999-1-1 apply.
(3) EN 1999-1-3 is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 1990, EN 1991 (all parts), relevant parts in EN 1992 to EN 1999, EN 1090-1 and EN 1090-3 for requirements for execution, and ENs, EADs and ETAs for construction products relevant to aluminium structures.

Eurocode 9: Bemessung und Konstruktion von Aluminiumtragwerken - Teil 1-3: Ermüdungsbeanspruchte Tragwerke

1.1 Anwendungsbereich von EN 1999-1-3
(1) Dieses Dokument enthält die Grundlage für die Bemessung von ermüdungsbeanspruchten Tragwerken aus Aluminiumlegierungen für den Grenzzustand der Tragfähigkeit.
(2) Dieses Dokument enthält Regeln für:
- schwingbruchsichere Bemessung;
- schadenstolerante Bemessung;
- versuchsunterstützte Bemessung.
(3) Druckbehälter oder -rohrleitungen sind nicht Gegenstand dieses Dokuments.
1.2 Annahmen
(1) Es gelten die allgemeinen Annahmen nach EN 1990.
(2) Es gelten die Festlegungen nach EN 1999-1-1.
(3) EN 1999-1-3 ist dazu vorgesehen, in Verbindung mit EN 1990, EN 1991 (alle Teile), relevanten Teilen in EN 1992 bis EN 1999, EN 1090-1 und EN 1090-3 zu Anforderungen an die Ausführung und EN, EAD und ETA zu Bauprodukten, die maßgebend für Aluminiumtragwerke sind, angewendet zu werden.

Eurocode 9 - Calcul des structures en aluminium - Partie 1-3 : Structures sensibles à la fatigue

1.1 Domaine d'application de l'EN 1999-1-3
(1) Le présent document donne les règles fondamentales de calcul des structures en alliage d'aluminium sensibles à la fatigue dans l'état limite ultime.
(2) Le présent document fournit les règles pour :
- le calcul en appliquant la méthode de la durée de vie sûre ;
- le calcul en appliquant la méthode de la tolérance à l’endommagement ;
- le calcul assisté par des essais.
(3) Le présent document ne couvre pas les récipients de confinement ou les conduites sous pression.
1.2 Hypothèses
(1) Les hypothèses générales données dans l'EN 1990 s'appliquent.
(2) Les dispositions de l'EN 1999-1-1 s'appliquent.
(3) L'EN 1999-1-3 est destinée à être utilisée avec l'EN 1990, l'EN 1991 (toutes les parties), les parties concernées de l'EN 1992 à l'EN 1999, l'EN 1090-1 et l'EN 1090-3 pour ce qui concerne les exigences relatives à l'exécution, ainsi qu'avec les EN, DEE et ATE pour ce qui concerne les produits de construction convenant aux structures en aluminium.

Evrokod 9: Projektiranje konstrukcij iz aluminijevih zlitin - 1-3. del: Konstrukcije, občutljive na utrujanje

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 91.010.30 - Technical aspects
• ICS: 91.080.17 - Aluminium structures
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 250 - Structural Eurocodes
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 250/SC 9/WG 1 - Update and Simplification of all parts of EN 1999
• Mandate: M/515 - Mandate for amending existing Eurocodes and extending the scope of structural Eurocodes
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 1999-1-3:2021 - Eurocode 9: Design of aluminium structures - Part 1-3: Structures susceptible to fatigue

RELATIONS

• Revised: EN 1999-1-3:2007 - Eurocode 9: Design of aluminium structures – Part 1-3: Structures susceptible to fatigue
• Effective Date: 19-Feb-2020

Standards Content (sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 1999-1-3:2021
01-maj-2021

Evrokod 9: Projektiranje konstrukcij iz aluminijevih zlitin - 1-3. del: Konstrukcije,

občutljive na utrujanje

Eurocode 9: Design of aluminium structures - Part 1-3: Structures susceptible to fatigue

Eurocode 9: Bemessung und Konstruktion von Aluminiumtragwerken - Teil 1-3:
Ermüdungsbeanspruchte Tragwerke

Eurocode 9 - Calcul des structures en aluminium - Partie 1-3 : Structures sensibles à la

fatigue
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 1999-1-3
ICS:
91.010.30 Tehnični vidiki Technical aspects
91.080.17 Aluminijaste konstrukcije Aluminium structures
oSIST prEN 1999-1-3:2021 en,fr,de

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 1999-1-3
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2021
ICS 91.010.30; 91.080.17 Will supersede EN 1999-1-3:2007
English Version
Eurocode 9: Design of aluminium structures - Part 1-3:
Structures susceptible to fatigue

Eurocode 9 - Calcul des structures en aluminium - Eurocode 9: Bemessung und Konstruktion von

Partie 1-3 : Structures sensibles à la fatigue Aluminiumtragwerken - Teil 1-3:
Ermüdungsbeanspruchte Tragwerke

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Contents Page

European foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 7

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 8

1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................. 11

1.1 Scope of EN 1999-1-3 .................................................................................................................................. 11

1.2 Assumptions ................................................................................................................................................... 11

2 Normative references ................................................................................................................................. 11

3 Terms, definitions and symbols .............................................................................................................. 11

3.1 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................................................ 11

3.2 Symbols ............................................................................................................................................................ 15

4 Basis of design ............................................................................................................................................... 17

4.1 Basic rules ....................................................................................................................................................... 17

4.2 Methods of fatigue design ......................................................................................................................... 18

4.2.1 Safe life design (SLD) .................................................................................................................................. 18

4.2.2 Damage tolerant design (DTD) ............................................................................................................... 18

4.2.3 Design assisted by testing ......................................................................................................................... 19

4.3 Fatigue loading .............................................................................................................................................. 19

4.3.1 Sources of fatigue loading ......................................................................................................................... 19

4.3.2 Derivation of fatigue loading ................................................................................................................... 19

4.3.3 Equivalent fatigue loading ........................................................................................................................ 20

4.4 Partial factors for fatigue loads ............................................................................................................... 20

4.5 Execution requirements ............................................................................................................................ 20

4.5.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 20

4.5.2 Execution classes .......................................................................................................................................... 21

4.5.3 Execution specification .............................................................................................................................. 21

4.5.4 Operation manual ........................................................................................................................................ 21

4.5.5 Inspection and maintenance manual .................................................................................................... 21

5 Materials, constituent products and connecting devices .............................................................. 21

6 Durability ........................................................................................................................................................ 22

7 Structural analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 22

7.1 Global analysis .............................................................................................................................................. 22

7.1.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 22

7.1.2 Use of beam elements ................................................................................................................................. 24

7.1.3 Use of membrane, shell and solid elements ....................................................................................... 24

7.2 Types of stresses .......................................................................................................................................... 24

7.2.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 24

7.2.2 Nominal stresses .......................................................................................................................................... 25

7.2.3 Modified nominal stresses ........................................................................................................................ 25

7.2.4 Hot spot stresses........................................................................................................................................... 25

7.3 Derivation of stresses ................................................................................................................................. 27

7.3.1 Derivation of nominal stresses ............................................................................................................... 27

7.3.2 Derivation of modified nominal stresses ............................................................................................ 27

7.3.3 Derivation of hot spot stresses ................................................................................................................ 28

7.3.4 Stress orientation ......................................................................................................................................... 28

7.4 Stress ranges for specific initiation sites ............................................................................................. 29

7.4.1 Parent material, welds, and mechanically fastened joints............................................................ 29

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7.4.2 Fillet and partial penetration butt welds ............................................................................................. 29

7.5 Adhesive bonds ............................................................................................................................................. 30

7.6 Castings ............................................................................................................................................................ 30

7.7 Stress spectra ................................................................................................................................................. 30

7.8 Calculation of equivalent stress range for standardized fatigue load models ....................... 30

7.8.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 30

7.8.2 Design value of stress range ..................................................................................................................... 31

8 Fatigue resistance and detail categories .............................................................................................. 31

8.1 Detail categories ........................................................................................................................................... 31

8.1.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 31

8.1.2 Factors affecting detail category ............................................................................................................. 31

8.1.3 Constructional details ................................................................................................................................. 32

8.2 Fatigue strength data .................................................................................................................................. 32

8.2.1 Classified constructional details ............................................................................................................. 32

8.2.2 Unclassified details ...................................................................................................................................... 35

8.2.3 Adhesively bonded joints........................................................................................................................... 35

8.2.4 Determination of the reference hot spot strength values .............................................................. 35

8.3 Effect of mean stress .................................................................................................................................... 35

8.3.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 35

8.3.2 Plain material and mechanically fastened joints .............................................................................. 35

8.3.3 Welded joints ................................................................................................................................................. 35

8.3.4 Adhesive joints .............................................................................................................................................. 36

8.3.5 Low endurance range .................................................................................................................................. 36

8.3.6 Cycle counting for R-ratio calculations ................................................................................................. 36

8.4 Effect of exposure conditions ................................................................................................................... 36

8.5 Improvement techniques........................................................................................................................... 37

Annex A (normative) Basis for calculation of fatigue resistance .............................................................. 38

A.1 Use of this annex ........................................................................................................................................... 38

A.2 Scope and field of application .................................................................................................................. 38

A.3 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 38

A.3.1 Influence of fatigue on design .................................................................................................................. 38

A.3.2 Mechanism of failure ................................................................................................................................... 38

A.3.3 Potential sites for fatigue cracking......................................................................................................... 39

A.3.4 Conditions for fatigue susceptibility ...................................................................................................... 39

A.4 Safe life design ............................................................................................................................................... 40

A.4.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 40

A.4.2 Prerequisites for safe life design ............................................................................................................ 41

A.4.3 Design approach ........................................................................................................................................... 41

A.4.4 Cycle counting ................................................................................................................................................ 43

A.4.5 Derivation of stress spectrum .................................................................................................................. 44

A.5 Damage tolerant design ............................................................................................................................. 45

A.5.1 Prerequisites for damage tolerant design ........................................................................................... 45

A.5.2 Structural layout and detailing ................................................................................................................ 46

A.5.3 Determination of inspection strategy for damage tolerant design ............................................ 46

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Annex B (informative) Guidance on assessment of crack growth by fracture mechanics .............. 49

B.1 Use of this Informative Annex ................................................................................................................. 49

B.2 Scope and field of application .................................................................................................................. 49

B.3 Principles ........................................................................................................................................................ 49

B.3.1 Flaw dimensions ........................................................................................................................................... 49

B.3.2 Crack growth relationship ........................................................................................................................ 50

B.4 Crack growth data A and m ....................................................................................................................... 51

B.5 Geometry function y .................................................................................................................................... 52

B.6 Integration of crack growth ...................................................................................................................... 52

B.7 Assessment of maximum crack size a ................................................................................................ 53

Annex C (informative) Testing for fatigue design .......................................................................................... 62

C.1 Use of this Informative Annex ................................................................................................................. 62

C.2 Scope and field of application .................................................................................................................. 62

C.3 Derivation of action loading data ........................................................................................................... 62

C.3.1 Fixed structures subject to mechanical action .................................................................................. 62

C.3.2 Fixed structures subject to actions due to exposure conditions ................................................. 63

C.3.3 Moving structures ........................................................................................................................................ 63

C.4 Derivation of stress data ........................................................................................................................... 63

C.4.1 Component test data ................................................................................................................................... 63

C.4.2 Structure test data ....................................................................................................................................... 64

C.4.3 Verification of stress history .................................................................................................................... 64

C.5 Derivation of endurance data .................................................................................................................. 64

C.5.1 Component testing ....................................................................................................................................... 64

C.5.2 Full scale testing ........................................................................................................................................... 65

C.5.3 Acceptance ...................................................................................................................................................... 65

C.6 Crack growth data ........................................................................................................................................ 68

C.7 Reporting ........................................................................................................................................................ 68

Annex D (informative) Stress analysis .............................................................................................................. 70

D.1 Use of this Informative Annex ................................................................................................................. 70

D.2 Scope and field of application .................................................................................................................. 70

D.3 Use of finite elements for fatigue analysis .......................................................................................... 70

D.3.1 Element types ................................................................................................................................................ 70

D.3.2 Further guidance on use of finite elements ........................................................................................ 71

D.4 Stress concentration factors .................................................................................................................... 71

D.5 Limitation of fatigue induced by repeated local buckling ............................................................. 73

Annex E (informative) Adhesively bonded joints .......................................................................................... 74

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E.1 Use of this Informative Annex .................................................................................................................. 74

E.2 Scope and field of application .................................................................................................................. 74

Annex F (informative) Low cycle fatigue range .............................................................................................. 77

F.1 Use of this Informative Annex .................................................................................................................. 77

F.2 Scope and field of application .................................................................................................................. 77

F.3 Modification to fatigue strength curves................................................................................................ 77

F.4 Test data ........................................................................................................................................................... 77

Annex G (informative) Influence of applied stress ratio R ......................................................................... 79

G.1 Use of this Informative Annex .................................................................................................................. 79

G.2 Scope and field of application .................................................................................................................. 79

G.3 Enhancement of fatigue strength ............................................................................................................ 79

G.4 Enhancement cases ...................................................................................................................................... 79

G.4.1 Case 1 ................................................................................................................................................................ 79

G.4.2 Case 2 ................................................................................................................................................................ 80

G.4.3 Case 3 ................................................................................................................................................................ 81

Annex H (informative) Fatigue strength improvement of welds.............................................................. 82

H.1 Use of this Informative Annex .................................................................................................................. 82

H.2 Scope and field of application .................................................................................................................. 82

H.3 Machining or grinding ................................................................................................................................. 83

H.4 Dressing by TIG or plasma......................................................................................................................... 83

H.5 Peening ............................................................................................................................................................. 84

Annex I (informative) Castings ............................................................................................................................. 85

I.1 Use of this Informative Annex .................................................................................................................. 85

I.2 Scope and field of application .................................................................................................................. 85

I.3 Fatigue strength data .................................................................................................................................. 85

I.3.1 Plain castings .................................................................................................................................................. 85

I.3.2 Welded material ............................................................................................................................................ 85

I.3.3 Mechanically joined castings .................................................................................................................... 86

I.3.4 Adhesively bonded castings ...................................................................................................................... 86

I.4 Quality requirements .................................................................................................................................. 86

Annex J (informative) Detail category tables ................................................................................................... 87

J.1 Use of this Informative Annex .................................................................................................................. 87

J.2 Scope and field of application .................................................................................................................. 87

Annex K (informative) Hot spot reference detail method ....................................................................... 116

K.1 Use of this Informative Annex ............................................................................................................... 116

K.2 Scope and field of application ............................................................................................................... 116

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K.3 Hot spot reference detail method ........................................................................................................ 116

Annex L (informative) Guidance on use of design methods, selection of partial factors,

limits for damage values, inspection intervals and execution parameters if Annex J is

adopted .......................................................................................................................................................... 117

L.1 Use of this Informative Annex ............................................................................................................... 117

L.2 Scope and field of application ................................................................................................................ 117

L.3 Safe life design approach ......................................................................................................................... 117

L.3.1 General .........
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