Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
1.1 Objectives
1.2 Fatigue properties to be analysed
1.3 Limit of application
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
3.1 Terms related to statistics
3.2 Terms related to fatigue
4 Statistical distributions in fatigue properties
4.1 Concept of distributions in fatigue
4.2 Distribution of fatigue life
4.3 Distribution of fatigue strength
5 Statistical planning of fatigue tests
5.1 Sampling
5.2 Number of specimens to be tested
5.3 Allocation of specimens for testing
6 Statistical estimation of fatigue life at a given stress
6.1 Testing to obtain fatigue life data
6.2 Plotting data on probability paper
6.3 Estimating distribution parameters
6.4 Estimating the lower limit of the fatigue life
7 Statistical estimation of fatigue strength at a given
fatigue life
7.1 Testing to obtain fatigue strength data
7.2 Statistical analysis of test data
7.3 Estimating the lower limit of the fatigue strength
7.4 Modified method when standard deviation is known
8 Statistical estimation of S-N curve
8.1 Fatigue testing to obtain S-N data
8.2 Statistical analysis of S-N data
8.3 Estimating the lower limit of the S-N curve
8.4 Verifying the adequacy of the linear model
9 Test report
9.1 Presentation of test results
9.2 Related information
Annex A (informative) Examples of applications
Annex B (informative) Statistical tables
Annex C (informative) Combined method for statistical
estimation of a full S-N curve
Bibliography