Fatigue of Material Part I

Lecture 6

Fatigue of Materials

Fatigue of Material

Fatigue Mechanisms

Characterization of Fatigue

Characterization of Fatigue

The Driving Force for Fatigue

The Factors that Affect Fatigue Life

Measurement of Stress-Life Behavior

The Stages of Fatigue Damage in Materials

The Fracture Mechanics Approach to Fatigue

The Fracture Mechanics Approach to Fatigue

K = Kmax Kmin

K = Y (a) = Y(max min)(a)

Relationships Between Crack Growth Rates and Crack Driving Forces

Relationships Between Crack Growth Rates and Crack Driving Forces

Life Prediction within a Fracture Mechanics Framework

Propagation of Failure

Propagation of Failure

Mechanisms of Fatigue Crack Grwoth

Mechanisms of Fatigue Crack Growth

In Regimes ABC

Crack Growth From Posteromedial Corner

Fatigue Striations on Surface of Lateral Crack