Fatigue Failure of Metals / Edition 1

by S. Kocanda

Overview

The studies on the phenomena of fatigue in metals, and especially on the formation and growth rate of cracks have been conducted in 1972-1974 with continued intensity. Their results contribute to expanding our knowledge and give us a new insight into the sphere of metal fatigue which is a highly interdiscipline field. This makes the continuous amending and modifying of books on metal fatigue a necessity, unfortunately often related with the not easy task of changing one's opinions and critical analysis of established earlier notions. These aims were my chief concern when preparing the present edition of my book in which I made use of carefully selected new information from 1972-1973 and partly 1974 reports. This new matter has been included in many instances just to signal new facts or findings, since the limited space did not allow me to give them the amount of consideration they deserve. The book has been further supplemented with the results of micrographic studies conducted in co-operation with J. Kozubowski for which lowe him special thanks. I am also indebted to Mr. H. Mughrabi from Stuttgart for allowing me to publish in this book his very interesting micrographs of dislocation structures. Finally I should like to express my sincere thanks to Mr. E. Lepa for his concern in producing a good English translation of my book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789028600256
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	04/30/1978
Series:	Fatigue and Fracture , #1
Edition description:	1978
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1 Fundamental concepts and fatigue processes.- 1.1 Fatigue stresses.- 1.2 Wöhler fatigue diagrams.- 1.3 The low-cycle range.- 1.4 The stages in fatigue processes.- References.- 2 Fatigue phenomena.- 2.1 Introductory remarks.- 2.2 Slip bands.- 2.3 Extrusions and intrusions.- 2.4 Fatigue cracks.- 2.5 Supplementary methods of studying fatigue phenomena.- 2.6 A survey of studies on fatigue changes in different metals.- 2.7 Theories of fatigue.- References.- 3 Fatigue dislocation structures.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The dislocation structure in face-centered cubic metals and alloys.- 3.3 The dislocation structure in body-centered cubic metals and alloys.- 3.4 The dislocation structure in hexagonal close-packed metals and alloys.- 3.5 An attempt at a synthesis.- References.- 4 Fatigue crack growth.- 4.1 General remarks.- 4.2 Description of crack growth.- 4.3 Fundamental relations for determining the fatigue crack growth rate.- 4.4 The influence of loading conditions on fatigue crack propagation rates. Sundry problems (Examples).- 4.5 Non-propagating fatigue cracks.- References.- 5 Fatigue fractures.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Classification of fractures and their characteristic features.- 5.3 The macrostructure of fatigue fractures.- 5.4 The microstructure of fatigue fractures.- References.