The invention discloses a nonparametric prediction method for the fatigue life of a steel-FRP composite bar, and belongs to the field of fatigue performance evaluation of
civil engineering materials and structures, and the nonparametric prediction method comprises the following steps: initializing component material attributes, load conditions and initial states of the steel-FRP composite bar, the component materials comprising an inner core
steel bar and an FRP layer; according to an
equivalent stiffness distribution principle, fatigue stresses of the component materials are calculated respectively; according to the
fatigue stress of the component material, theoretical fatigue life of the component material is obtained in combination with the S-N curve relation, and cyclic
jumping is executed; calculating accumulated
fatigue damage of the component materials respectively based on results after cyclic
jumping; and circularly updating the
dynamic stiffness and the equivalent cycle number of the component material until the accumulated
fatigue damage of any component material reaches a
critical threshold value, judging that the component material is invalid, and outputting the fatigue life. According to the method, the fatigue life of the steel-FRP composite rib can be efficiently and accurately predicted, and the test cost is remarkably reduced.