Fatigue of Structures and Materials

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Fatigue under Constant-Amplitude Loading

   1. Introduction to Fatigue of Structures and Materials

      Pages 1-9

   2. Fatigue as a Phenomenon in the Material

      Pages 13-58

   3. Stress Concentration at Notches

      Pages 59-88

   4. Residual Stress

      Pages 89-104

   5. Stress Intensity Factors of Cracks

      Pages 105-140

   6. Fatigue Properties

      Pages 141-169

   7. The Fatigue Strength of Notched Specimens

      Pages 171-208

   8. Fatigue Crack Growth. Analysis and Predictions

      Pages 209-256

3. Load Spectra and Fatigue under Variable-Amplitude Loading

   1. Load Spectra

      Pages 259-293

   2. Fatigue under Variable-Amplitude Loading

      Pages 295-328

   3. Fatigue Crack Growth under Variable-Amplitude Loading

      Pages 329-369

4. Fatigue Tests and Scatter

   1. Fatigue and Scatter

      Pages 373-394

   2. Fatigue Tests

      Pages 395-418

5. Special Fatigue Conditions

   1. Surface Treatments

      Pages 421-436

   2. Fretting Corrosion

      Pages 437-455

   3. Corrosion Fatigue

      Pages 457-479

   4. High-Temperature and Low-Temperature Fatigue

      Pages 481-495

6. Fatigue of Joints and Structures

   1. Fatigue of Joints

      Pages 499-533

   2. Fatigue of Welded Joints

      Pages 535-558

Fatigue of structures and materials covers a wide scope of different topics. The purpose of the present book is to explain these topics, to indicate how they can be analyzed, and how this can contribute to the designing of fatigue resistant structures and to prevent structural fatigue problems in service. Chapter 1 gives a general survey of the topic with brief comments on the signi?cance of the aspects involved. This serves as a kind of a program for the following chapters. The central issues in this book are predictions of fatigue properties and designing against fatigue. These objectives cannot be realized without a physical and mechanical understanding of all relevant conditions. In Chapter 2 the book starts with basic concepts of what happens in the material of a structure under cyclic loads. It illustrates the large number of variables which can affect fatigue properties and it provides the essential background knowledge for subsequent chapters. Different subjects are presented in the following main parts: • Basic chapters on fatigue properties and predictions (Chapters 2–8) • Load spectra and fatigue under variable-amplitude loading (Chapters 9–11) • Fatigue tests and scatter (Chapters 12 and 13) • Special fatigue conditions (Chapters 14–17) • Fatigue of joints and structures (Chapters 18–20) • Fiber-metal laminates (Chapter 21) Each chapter presents a discussion of a speci?c subject.

• Fatigue
• Materials
• Motor
• Schijve
• Structures
• crack
• design
• fracture
• joints
• load spectra analysis
• mechanics
• production
• stress
• textbook

• Professor of Aircraft Materials (Emeritus), Delft University of Technology Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands

  Jaap Schijve

The Author has been working for 20 years in the Structures and Materials Laboratory of the National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, Amsterdam, and for another 20 years in the Structures and Materials Laboratory of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of the Delft University of Technology. His experience covers a large variety of fatigue projects varying from fundamental investigations to practical problems such as fatigue of joints, service-simulation testing of full-scale structures and accidents investigations. This is reflected in the present book. The Author is well-known for a large number of publications, among others the `Four lectures on fatigue crack growth' in Engineering Fracture Mechanics. The present book covers lectures of a much wider and integrated scope.

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