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Bayesian-Informed Fatigue Life Prediction for Shallow Shell Structures

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Jul 07, 2025

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Figure 1.

Graphical illustration of the EIFS concept as an model calibration parameter compared to the physical parameter IFS (Sankararaman et al., 2011).
Graphical illustration of the EIFS concept as an model calibration parameter compared to the physical parameter IFS (Sankararaman et al., 2011).

Figure 2.

a) The geometry of the shallow shell fuselage window structure. b) FEA results indicating the stress concentration location with ϕ = 29.24°.
a) The geometry of the shallow shell fuselage window structure. b) FEA results indicating the stress concentration location with ϕ = 29.24°.

Figure 3.

BEM mesh of the structure: a) coarse mesh used in the low-fidelity model; b) fine mesh used in the high-fidelity model. The DRM points are indicated by red crosses; c) detailed view of the crack tip region for both meshes, along with the definition of the crack initiation angle α.
BEM mesh of the structure: a) coarse mesh used in the low-fidelity model; b) fine mesh used in the high-fidelity model. The DRM points are indicated by red crosses; c) detailed view of the crack tip region for both meshes, along with the definition of the crack initiation angle α.

Figure 4.

Prediction errors of the Co-Kriging model compared to the true values generated from DBEM for a) Keff and b) N.
Prediction errors of the Co-Kriging model compared to the true values generated from DBEM for a) Keff and b) N.

Figure 5.

a) Schematic of the adaptive grid sampling strategy, showing the progressive subdivision of the trial space into regions with higher posterior probability; b) Comparison of the inferred EIFSD at the end of each refinement step.
a) Schematic of the adaptive grid sampling strategy, showing the progressive subdivision of the trial space into regions with higher posterior probability; b) Comparison of the inferred EIFSD at the end of each refinement step.

Figure 6.

Convergence of the EIFSD mean and standard deviation from Bayesian inference with different ntrial of the trial space.
Convergence of the EIFSD mean and standard deviation from Bayesian inference with different ntrial of the trial space.

Model errors of the Co-Kriging predictions for Keff and N, compared to the test dataset_

Model RRSE (%) MAPE (%) MAE RMSE R2
Keff 4.613 0.621 0.0511MPam 0.0511{\rm{MPa}}\sqrt m 0.065MPam0.065{\rm{MPa}}\sqrt m 0.998
N 12.376 78.035 6.887×104 cycles 1.112×105 cycles 0.985

Convergence results of the inferred mean and standard deviation from Bayesian inference, along with the associated computational cost in terms of CPU time_

CPU time
Model θμ error (%) θσ error (%) Bayesian (s) MCS (hrs)
True EIFSD 8.470 × 0.424 × ×
ntrial = 30 8.552 0.968 0.503 18.9 7.88 1.15
ntrial = 60 8.440 0.354 0.406 4.02 79.46 4.59
Adaptive (27 steps) 8.465 0.059 0.401 5.20 75.12 2.21

Details of the shell structure parameters and the random variables used in the EIFS inference_

Parameter Description Distribution Mean COV
W2 Inner width Lognormal 0.468 m 0.01
L2 Inner length Lognormal 0.273 m 0.01
R2 Inner radius Lognormal 0.127 m 0.01
h Thickness Lognormal 0.01 m 0.01
RK Radius of curvature Lognormal 2.73 m 0.01
α Crack initiation angle Lognormal 29.24° 0.05
P Domain pressure Lognormal 7.1 Psi 0.04
C Paris law constant Lognormal 1.60×10(11)(m/cycle)(MPam)m1.60 \times {10^{( - 11)}}{{({\rm{m}}/{\rm{ cycle }})} \over {{{\left( {{\rm{MPa}}\sqrt m } \right)}^m}}} 0.1
m Paris law exponent Lognormal 3.59 0
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