Advances in Fatigue Science and Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Short Fatigue Cracks....Pages 3-22
The Influence of the Microstructure on Fatigue....Pages 23-76
Modelling of Fatigue Crack Growth....Pages 77-110
Statistical Analysis of Fatigue Crack Growth....Pages 111-127
Fatigue Threshold Behaviour....Pages 129-139
Fatigue Threshold Behaviour....Pages 141-156
Fatigue at Notches....Pages 157-176
A Review of Fatigue Life Prediction Models for the Crack Initiation and Propagation Phases....Pages 177-219
Environmentally Assisted Fatigue Crack Growth....Pages 221-252
Non-Propagating Fatigue Cracks: The True Fatigue Limit....Pages 253-264
Experimental Techniques to Observe and Monitor Short Fatigue Cracks....Pages 265-281
Mechanisms of Creep-Fatigue Interactions....Pages 283-311
Elevated Temperature Life Prediction Methods....Pages 313-338
Multiaxial Fatigue Failure....Pages 339-361
Multiaxial Fatigue Crack Propagation Behaviour....Pages 363-386
Analysis and Design Methods in Multiaxial Fatigue....Pages 387-401
A Review of Fatigue Predictive Methods in the Regime Where Inelastic Strains Dominate....Pages 403-415
Fatigue Crack Initiation at Notches — Techniques, Experiments and Interpretations....Pages 417-444
Creep And Low Cycle Fatigue Analysis Of Engineering Alloys - A Review....Pages 445-466
The J Integral Approach in Elastic-Plastic Fatigue Crack Propagation....Pages 467-488
Front Matter....Pages 489-489
The SAE Round-Robin Fatigue Program with A356–T6 (A17SiMg) Cast Aluminum Alloy....Pages 491-510
Methodology of Variable Amplitude Fatigue Tests....Pages 511-522
How to Improve Fatigue Strength of Vehicle Components, Employing Different Test Methods....Pages 523-538
Fatigue Behaviour of Welded Joints....Pages 539-550
Fatigue Design Optimisation in Welded Joints....Pages 551-568
Fatigue Life Prediction Methods in Welded Joints: Case Studies....Pages 569-583
Fatigue Analysis in Offshore Structures....Pages 585-625
The Damaging of Composite Materials: Mechanisms and Detection....Pages 627-657
The Fatigue of High Performance Composite Materials....Pages 659-676
Damage Assessment in Fatigue of Reinforced Structural Composites....Pages 677-696
Mechanical aspects related to fibre fracture in ARALL®2 laminates....Pages 697-707
Development in Fatigue Design in Automotive Industry using new Materials....Pages 709-726
Damage Evaluation and Life Extension of Structural Components....Pages 727-746
Optimisation of Component Design by Fatigue Analysis and Testing....Pages 747-761
Front Matter....Pages 763-763
Cyclic Hardening and Softening of [001] Al Single Crystals....Pages 765-772
Fatigue Crack Growth of Short Cracks in an ALMGSI Alloy....Pages 773-783
Generalization of the Kitagawa Diagram to V-Notched Members....Pages 785-798
Separate Contributions of Corrosion-Product Induced and Roughness-Induced Crack Closure to the Fatigue Threshold of Al Alloys....Pages 799-808
Dynamic Analysis of Plasticity-Induced Fatigue Crack Closure....Pages 809-819
Fatigue Crack Growth in Textured Metals....Pages 821-833
Front Matter....Pages 763-763
Inelastic Modelling for Engineering Design for High Temperature Conditions....Pages 835-848
Total Strain Energy Density as a Fatigue Damage Parameter....Pages 849-858
Fatigue Crack Extension, a General Mechanism....Pages 859-866
Interaction Between Fatigue Crack Growih, Yielding and Nonlinearly Visoous Material Response....Pages 867-876
Multiaxial Fatigue: Damage Mechanisms and Life Predictions....Pages 877-890
Cyclic Deformation Behaviour of a Fe-28Cr-4Mo-2Ni-0.43Nb Superferritic Stainless Steel....Pages 891-904
Fatigue and Brittle Fracture in Tubular Joints - A Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Analysis....Pages 905-917
Fatigue Investigation on Preloaded Welded Connections....Pages 919-932
Influence of Surface Treatment on Fatigue Resistance of Aircraft Alloys....Pages 933-946
The in Service Multi-Axial-Stress Situation in an Uncooled Gas Turbine Blade....Pages 947-959
Time Dependent Effects on High Temperature Low Cycle Fatigue and Fatigue Crack Propagation of Nickel Base Superalloys....Pages 961-972
Back Matter....Pages 973-976