Metal fatigue in engineering

Introduction and Historical Overview. Fatigue Design Methods. Macro/Micro Aspects of Fatigue of Metals. Fatigue Tests and Stress-Life (S-N) Approach. Cyclic Deformation and the Strain-Life (-N) Approach. Fundamentals of LEFM and Applications to Fatigue Crack Growth. Notches and Their Effects. Residual Stresses and Their Effects on Fatigue Resistance. Fatigue from Variable Amplitude Loading. Multiaxial Stresses. Environmental Effects. Fatigue of Weldments. Statistical Aspects of Fatigue. Appendix. Indexes.