typhoon

Typhoon is a rainflow counting Python module written in Rust by Markus Wegmann (mw@technokrat.ch).

It uses a new windowed four-point counting method which can be run in parallel on multiple cores and allows for chunk-based sample stream processing, preserving half cycles for future chunks.

It is therefore intended for real-time processing of load captures and serves as as crucial part of i-Spring's in-edge data processing chain.

Installation

Add the package typhoon-rainflow to your Python project, e.g.

poetry add typhoon-rainflow

Python API

The Python package exposes two main namespaces:

• typhoon.typhoon: low-level, performance‑critical functions implemented in Rust.
• typhoon.helper: convenience utilities for working with the rainflow output.

The top-level package re-exports everything from typhoon.typhoon, so you can either

import typhoon            # recommended for normal use
from typhoon import rainflow, goodman_transform

or

from typhoon.typhoon import rainflow
from typhoon import helper  # for helper utilities

Core functions (typhoon.typhoon)

All arguments are keyword-compatible with the examples below.

• init_tracing() -> None

  • Initialize verbose tracing/logging from the Rust implementation.
  • Intended mainly for debugging and performance analysis; it writes to stdout.

• rainflow(waveform, last_peaks=None, bin_size=0.0, threshold=None, min_chunk_size=64*1024)

  • Perform windowed four-point rainflow counting on a 1D NumPy waveform.
  • waveform: 1D numpy.ndarray of float32 or float64.
  • last_peaks: optional 1D array of peaks from the previous chunk (for streaming).
  • bin_size: bin width for quantizing ranges; 0.0 disables quantization.
  • threshold: minimum cycle amplitude to count; default 0.0.
  • min_chunk_size: minimum chunk size for internal parallelization.
  • Returns (cycles, residual_peaks) where
    • cycles is a dict {(s_lower, s_upper): count} and
    • residual_peaks is a 1D NumPy array of remaining peaks to pass to the next call.

• goodman_transform(cycles, m, m2=None)

  • Apply a (piecewise) Goodman-like mean stress correction to rainflow cycles.
  • cycles: mapping {(s_lower, s_upper): count} (e.g. first return value of rainflow).
  • m: main slope/parameter.
  • m2: optional secondary slope; defaults to m / 3 if omitted.
  • Returns a dict {s_a_ers: count} where s_a_ers is the equivalent range.

• summed_histogram(hist)

  • Build a descending cumulative histogram from the Goodman-transformed result.
  • hist: mapping {s_a_ers: count} such as returned from goodman_transform.
  • Returns a list of (s_a_ers, cumulative_count) pairs sorted from high to low range.

Helper utilities (typhoon.helper)

The helper module provides convenience tools for post-processing and analysis.

• merge_cycle_counters(counters)

  • Merge multiple dict/Counter objects of the form {(from, to): count}.
  • Useful when combining rainflow results from multiple chunks or channels.

• add_residual_half_cycles(counter, residual_peaks)

  • Convert the trailing residual_peaks from rainflow into half-cycles and add them to an existing counter.
  • Each adjacent pair of peaks (p_i, p_{i+1}) contributes 0.5 to the corresponding cycle key.

• counter_to_full_interval_df(counter, bin_size=0.1, closed="right", round_decimals=12)

  • Convert a sparse (from, to): count mapping into a dense 2D pandas.DataFrame over all intervals.
  • Returns a DataFrame with a (from, to) MultiIndex of pd.Interval and a single "value" column.

Woehler curves (typhoon.woehler)

The typhoon.woehler module provides helpers for evaluating S–N (Woehler) curves.

Key entry points are:

• WoehlerCurveParams(sd, nd, k1, k2=None, ts=None, tn=None) - Container for the curve parameters: - sd: fatigue strength at nd cycles for the reference failure probability. - nd: reference number of cycles (e.g. 1e6). - k1: slope in the finite-life region. - k2: optional slope in the endurance region; derived from the Miner rule if omitted. - ts / tn: optional scattering parameters controlling probability transforms of sd and nd.
• MinerType enum - Miner damage rule variant that determines the second slope k2: NONE, ORIGINAL, ELEMENTARY, HAIBACH.
• woehler_log_space(minimum=1.0, maximum=1e8, n=101) - Convenience helper to generate a logarithmically spaced cycle axis for plotting Woehler curves.
• woehler_loads_basic(cycles, params, miner=MinerType.NONE) - Compute a "native" Woehler curve without probability/scattering transformation, but honouring the selected Miner type.
• woehler_loads(cycles, params, miner=MinerType.NONE, failure_probability=0.5) - Compute a probability-dependent Woehler curve using an internal approximation of the normal inverse CDF.

Example Usage

Basic rainflow counting

import numpy as np
import typhoon

waveform = np.array([0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 1.0, 2.0, 1.0, 3.0, 4.0], dtype=np.float32)

cycles, residual_peaks = typhoon.rainflow(
        waveform=waveform,
        last_peaks=None,
        bin_size=1.0,
)

print("Cycles:", cycles)
print("Residual peaks:", residual_peaks)

Streaming / chunked processing with helpers

from collections import Counter

import numpy as np
import typhoon
from typhoon import helper

waveform1 = np.array([0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 1.0, 2.0, 1.0, 3.0, 4.0], dtype=np.float32)
waveform2 = np.array([3.0, 5.0, 4.0, 2.0], dtype=np.float32)

# First chunk
cycles1, residual1 = typhoon.rainflow(waveform1, last_peaks=None, bin_size=1.0)

# Second chunk, passing residual peaks from the first
cycles2, residual2 = typhoon.rainflow(waveform2, last_peaks=residual1, bin_size=1.0)

# Merge cycle counts from both chunks
merged = helper.merge_cycle_counters([cycles1, cycles2])

# Optionally add remaining half-cycles from the final residual peaks
merged_with_residuals = helper.add_residual_half_cycles(merged, residual2)

print("Merged cycles:", merged_with_residuals)

Goodman transform and summed histogram

import typhoon
from typhoon import helper

cycles, residual_peaks = typhoon.rainflow(waveform, last_peaks=None, bin_size=1.0)

# Apply Goodman transform
hist = typhoon.goodman_transform(cycles, m=0.3)

# Summed histogram from the Goodman result
summed = typhoon.summed_histogram(hist)

print("Goodman result:", hist)
print("Summed histogram:", summed)

Testing

pipx install nox

nox -s build
nox -s test
nox -s develop