COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR THE PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENT OF FATIGUE OF COMPONENT PARTS IN THE PRESENCE OF MANUFACTURING DEFECTS AND RELEVANT SYSTEM

The computer-implemented method for the probabilistic assessment of fatigue of component parts in the presence of manufacturing defects comprises the following steps: importing predefined input data (I) concerning at least one part of a component to be assessed; distinguishing a surface region of the part from an internal region; determining the volume and stress/deformation applied to the surface region and to the internal region; assigning the distribution of defects to a group of elements defined by the user; determining the maximum dimension of the defect in each surface or internal region considered; determining the critical dimension of the defect in each surface region or internal region by considering the fatigue strength of the material at the number of cycles under consideration, the stress/deformation applied and the position of each surface or internal region; calculating the reliability of at least one of the surface or internal regions considered.