100 consider highest pure runout level

src/pylife/materialdata/woehler/elementary.py

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ def _get_fatigue_data(self, fatigue_data):
             params = fatigue_data
         else:
             raise ValueError("fatigue_data of type {} not understood: {}".format(type(fatigue_data), fatigue_data))
+        params = params.irrelevant_runouts_dropped()
+
         return params
 
     def analyze(self, **kwargs):

src/pylife/materialdata/woehler/fatigue_data.py

@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ def non_fractured_loads(self):
     def mixed_loads(self):
         return np.intersect1d(self.runout_loads, self.fractured_loads)
 
+    @property
+    def pure_runout_loads(self):
+        return np.setxor1d(self.runout_loads, self.mixed_loads)
+
     def conservative_fatigue_limit(self):
         """
         Sets a lower fatigue limit that what is expected from the algorithm given by Mustafa Kassem.
@@ -160,6 +164,16 @@ def set_fatigue_limit(self, fatigue_limit):
 
         return self
 
+    def irrelevant_runouts_dropped(self):
+        '''Make a copy of the instance with irrelevant pure runout levels dropped. '''
+        if len(self.pure_runout_loads) <= 1:
+            return self
+        if self.pure_runout_loads.max() < self.fractured_loads.min():
+            df = self._obj[~(self._obj.load < self.pure_runout_loads.max())]
+            return FatigueData(df)
+        else:
+            return self
+
     @property
     def max_runout_load(self):
         return self.runouts.load.max()
@@ -188,7 +202,6 @@ def _calc_finite_zone_manual(self, limit):
         self._finite_zone = self.fractures[self.fractures.load > limit]
         self._infinite_zone = self._obj[self._obj.load <= limit]
 
-
 def determine_fractures(df, load_cycle_limit=None):
     '''Adds a fracture column according to defined load cycle limit
 

tests/materialdata/woehler/test_analyzer.py

@@ -595,3 +595,47 @@ def test_max_likelihood_one_mixed_horizon():
         wc = ml.analyze().sort_index()
     bic = ml.bayesian_information_criterion()
     pd.testing.assert_series_equal(wc, expected, rtol=1e-1)
+
+
+def test_irrelevant_runouts_dropped():
+    fd = woehler.determine_fractures(data_pure_runout_horizon_and_mixed_horizons, 1e7).fatigue_data
+    num_data_before = 48
+    num_tests_lowest_pure_runout_load_level = 9
+    fd = fd.irrelevant_runouts_dropped()
+    num_data_after = len(fd._obj)
+    assert num_data_before-num_tests_lowest_pure_runout_load_level == num_data_after
+
+
+def test_irrelevant_runouts_dropped_no_change():
+    data_pure_runout_horizon_and_mixed_horizons
+    data_extend = data_pure_runout_horizon_and_mixed_horizons.copy(deep=True)
+    new_row = {'load': 2.75e+02, 'cycles': 1.00e+06}
+    data_extend = pd.concat([data_extend, pd.DataFrame([new_row])])
+    fd = woehler.determine_fractures(data_extend, 1e7).fatigue_data
+    num_data_before = len(fd._obj)
+    fd = fd.irrelevant_runouts_dropped()
+    num_data_after = len(fd._obj)
+    assert num_data_before == num_data_after
+
+
+def test_drop_irreverent_pure_runout_levels_for_evaluation():
+    expected = pd.Series({
+        'SD': 339.23834,
+        'TS': 1.211044,
+        'k_1': 9.880429,
+        'ND': 804501,
+        'TN': 6.779709,
+        'failure_probability': 0.5
+    }).sort_index()
+
+    fd = woehler.determine_fractures(data_pure_runout_horizon_and_mixed_horizons, 1e7).fatigue_data
+    wc = woehler.Probit(fd).analyze().sort_index()
+    pd.testing.assert_series_equal(wc, expected, rtol=1e-1)
+
+
+def test_drop_irreverent_pure_runout_levels_no_data_change():
+    fd = woehler.determine_fractures(data_pure_runout_horizon_and_mixed_horizons, 1e7).fatigue_data
+    num_data_before = len(fd._obj)
+    wc = woehler.Probit(fd).analyze()
+    num_data_after = len(fd._obj)
+    assert num_data_before == num_data_after