scholarly journals Study on the P-S-N Curve of Sucker Rod Based on Three-Parameter Weibull Distribution

Materials ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 560
Author(s):  
Wenbin Cai ◽  
Wen Li ◽  
Jinze Xu

During the oil production process, sucker rods are subjected to cyclic alternating load. After a certain number of cycles, a sucker rod can experience fatigue failure. The number of cycles is called fatigue life (N), and the accurate relationship between maximum stress (S) and fatigue life (N) under a certain reliability (P), namely the P-S-N curve, is an important basis for the reliability analysis and fatigue life prediction of sucker rods. The Basquin model, based on log-normal distribution, is widely used for fitting the P-S-N curves of sucker rods. Due to the limitation of this model, it is difficult to extrapolate the conclusion obtained from a finite fatigue region to the high-cycle or ultra-high-cycle fatigue region, which makes it impossible to estimate the fatigue limit of the sucker rod. Compared to the log-normal distribution, Weibull distribution causes the sucker rod to have a minimum safety life, namely the safety life at 100% survival rate, which complies with the fatigue characteristics of the sucker rod and is more in line with the actual situation. In this study, the fatigue data for ultra-high-strength HL and HY grade sucker rods were obtained through experimental fatigue tests. A new fatigue life model was established and the P-S-N curves of two types of ultra-high strength sucker rods were obtained. For HL- and HY-type ultra-high strength sucker rods, the average error between the fitting result and fatigue test value is 1.25% and 4.39%, respectively. Compared to the S-N curve fitting result obtained from the Basquin model commonly used for sucker rods, the new model based on three-parameter Weibull distribution provides better fitting precision and can estimate fatigue limit more accurately, so this model is more suitable for estimating fatigue life and can better guide the design of ultra-high strength sucker rod strings.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Xintao ◽  
Chang Zhen ◽  
Zhang Lijun ◽  
Yang Xiaowei

The failure data of bearing products is random and discrete and shows evident uncertainty. Is it accurate and reliable to use Weibull distribution to represent the failure model of product? The Weibull distribution, log-normal distribution, and an improved maximum entropy probability distribution were compared and analyzed to find an optimum and precise reliability analysis model. By utilizing computer simulation technology and k-s hypothesis testing, the feasibility of three models was verified, and the reliability of different models obtained via practical bearing failure data was compared and analyzed. The research indicates that the reliability model of two-parameter Weibull distribution does not apply to all situations, and sometimes, two-parameter log-normal distribution model is more precise and feasible; compared to three-parameter log-normal distribution model, the three-parameter Weibull distribution manifests better accuracy but still does not apply to all cases, while the novel proposed model of improved maximum entropy probability distribution fits not only all kinds of known distributions but also poor information issues with unknown probability distribution, prior information, or trends, so it is an ideal reliability analysis model with least error at present.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-302
Author(s):  
Bin Deng ◽  
Xingang Wang ◽  
Danyu Jiang ◽  
Jianghong Gong

It is generally assumed that the measured strength of brittle ceramics follows a Weibull distribution. However, there seems to be few sound and direct evidences to support this assumption. Several previous studies have shown that other distributions, such as normal distribution and log-normal distribution may describe more appropriately the strength data than Weibull distribution. In this paper, the efficiency of using a normal distribution to describe the strength which follows a Weibull distribution is examined based on Monte-Carlo simulations. It was shown that there exist strong correlations between the parameters of normal distribution and those of Weibull distribution. For the designed fracture probability not lower than 0.01, analyses based on both normal distribution and Weibull distribution may give nearly identical predictions for the applicable stress levels. For lower fracture probabilities, the differences between the predictions of both distributions are not significant. It was suggested that, if there is no evidence to confirm that the measured strength follows a certain distribution, normal distribution and Weibull distribution seem to have the same efficiency in analysing the statistical variations in the measured strength of ceramics.


Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Arnaud Millet

The mechanosensitivity of cells has recently been identified as a process that could greatly influence a cell’s fate. To understand the interaction between cells and their surrounding extracellular matrix, the characterization of the mechanical properties of natural polymeric gels is needed. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is one of the leading tools used to characterize mechanically biological tissues. It appears that the elasticity (elastic modulus) values obtained by AFM presents a log-normal distribution. Despite its ubiquity, the log-normal distribution concerning the elastic modulus of biological tissues does not have a clear explanation. In this paper, we propose a physical mechanism based on the weak universality of critical exponents in the percolation process leading to gelation. Following this, we discuss the relevance of this model for mechanical signatures of biological tissues.


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