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X.D.1.6 Interaction criteria

One often finds in the literature semi-empirical failure criteria corresponding to the combination of elementary failure modes with different load components. For example, in [otNCE21], one finds two criteria for the verification of ultimate failure of bolt under combined tensile, shear and bending loads:

Psu Psu-allow 2.5 + Ptu Ptu-allow + fbu Ptu-allow 1.5 1. (X.D.1)
Psu Psu-allow 2.5 + Ptu Ptu-allow 1.5 + fbu Ptu-allow 1. (X.D.2)

The derivation of a reserve factor from expressions (X.D.1) or (X.D.2) is not straightforward. Statring from the definition of reserve factor (value by which loads can be multiplied to reach failure), one verifies that for (X.D.1) it corresponds to the value x such that

x Psu Psu-allow 2.5 + x Ptu Ptu-allow + fbu Ptu-allow 1.5 - 1 = 0. (X.D.3)

Similarly, for interaction expression (X.D.2), RF is the solution in x of

x Psu Psu-allow 2.5 + x Ptu Ptu-allow 1.5 + x fbu Ptu-allow - 1 = 0. (X.D.4)

An analytic expression of the solution x of equations (X.D.3) or (X.D.4) as a function of the different parameters is generally not available. Then, one must try other ways to calcula x numerically. For the three methods “Interaction_2_SR”, “Interaction_3_SR” and “Interaction_N_SR”, we propose a dichotomic solver. The two first methods are specializations of the general case solved by predefined criterion “Interaction_N_SR”. This corresponds to the resolution in x of equation:

i=1N α ixβi - 1 = 0. (X.D.5)

The 2N arguments of the “Interaction_N_SR” predefined criterion are parameters in the following order: α1, β1, α2... and βN:

(“Interaction_2_SR”, “Interaction_3_SR” criteria need 4 and 6 arguments respectively.) “Interaction_N_SR” predefined criterion returns an Array of two values:

A modified version of the “Interaction_abg_N_SR” predefined criterion corresponds to the resolution in x of the following equation:

i=1N α ix + γi βi - 1 = 0. (X.D.6)

The 3N arguments of the “Interaction_abg_N_SR” predefined criterion are parameters in the following order: α1, β1, γ1, α2... and γN: