FATIGUE-LIFE PREDICTION USING LOCAL STRESS-STRAIN CONCEPTS

A cumulative-damage approach for predicting fatigue-crack initiation in engineering structures subjected to random loading is outlined. This procedure is based on the assumption that if the stresses and strains at the critical location in a structure can be related to the cyclic stress-strain properties of smooth laboratory specimens, the crack- initiation life in the structure will be the same as the specimen. A flow diagram, indicating the steps requred for implementing this procedure on a high-speed digital computer, is discussed in detail.

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    Society for Experimental Stress Analysis

    21 Bridge Square
    Westport, CT  United States  06880
  • Authors:
    • Socie, D F
  • Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

  • Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: p. 50-56
  • Serial:
    • Experimental Mechanics
    • Volume: 17
    • Issue Number: 2
    • Publisher: Society for Experimental Mechanics
    • ISSN: 0014-4851

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00149854
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM