Advances in Fatigue Lifetime Predictive Techniques: Second Volume

Based on the success of the first symposium on this topic in 1990 (published as ASTM STP 1122), this follow-up symposium was again intended to review recent progress in the understanding of fatigue phenomena and in the development and application of methods for predicting the fatigue performance of materials and structures in service environments. Topical content was purposely kept broad in an effort to represent the efforts and viewpoints of a range of researchers and practitioners who often participate in more specialized forums. This strategy, it is felt, provides an excellent opportunity for cross-fertilization and establishment of common ground between the various disciplines and interest groups. A cursory scan of the contents clearly reveals the breadth of coverage. The papers included in the volume cover: fundamental issues in damage development and crack growth; behavior in both low- and high-cycle regimes, under constant amplitude and spectrum loading conditions; the performance of advanced materials in hostile environments, including creep-fatigue and thermomechanical fatigue; and predictive techniques for the real-world environments. Separate abstracts were prepared for 14 papers of this conference.