Experimental and analytical ways of finding the function of the maximum accumulated damage under operating modes with overloads

The problem of overloading was characterized as a factor of load history in the modern resource assessment methodology. The signs by which a loading cycle can be considered an overload were defined. A correlation was obtained between the failure mechanics approach and the damage accumulation approach to survivability prediction. An experimental and analytical method of its adjustment has been developed based on the regularities of the impact of loads on the accumulated damage. Its use in obtaining models of damage accumulation in 40Cr and 35CrMnSi steels was shown. New experimental data were obtained on the behavior of the accumulated damage function in the stress localization zones during bending, and an explanation of its non-monotonicity under the influence of operational factors was found.