Tidal Bladed Knowledge Base

Rainflow Cycle Counting
Category: Post Processing

Problem
What algorithm is used in Bladed to do rainflow cycle counting?
Solution

The rainflow cycle calculating in Bladed is based on the algorithm by S. D. Downing and D. F. Socie in their paper  "Simple rainflow cycle algorithms" 

The algorithm used is "Rainflow Algorithm II (one-pass)"

http://www.scribd.com/doc/115593388/Downing-Simple-Rainflow-Counting-Algorithms





Keywords Rainflow, post processing