Preface |
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Nomenclature |
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1 | (18) |
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1 | (2) |
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1.2 Characteristics of fatigue cracking |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (3) |
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1.4 The S-N curve and fatigue strength |
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8 | (2) |
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1.5 Fracture mechanics assessment of constant amplitude fatigue behaviour |
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10 | (9) |
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2 The constant amplitude database |
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19 | (56) |
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19 | (2) |
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2.2 Method of analysis and joint design classification |
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21 | (44) |
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2.3 Influence of plate thickness |
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65 | (5) |
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2.4 Influence of mean stress |
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70 | (5) |
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75 | (25) |
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75 | (1) |
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3.2 The formation of residual stresses |
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75 | (3) |
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3.3 Comparison between static and fatigue conditions |
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78 | (1) |
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3.4 Approximate theoretical analysis |
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79 | (4) |
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3.5 Tests on welded specimens under constant amplitude loading |
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83 | (12) |
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95 | (5) |
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4 Variable amplitude loading and testing |
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100 | (25) |
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100 | (1) |
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4.2 Variable amplitude loading |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (1) |
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4.5 Level-crossing counting |
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107 | (2) |
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4.6 Statistical interpretation of count data |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (6) |
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4.8 Variable amplitude fatigue testing: a brief history |
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117 | (8) |
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5 Tests under two and three level loading |
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125 | (22) |
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125 | (5) |
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130 | (4) |
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5.3 Fatigue tests using stress sequences with excursions of two sizes |
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134 | (1) |
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5.4 Influence of stress ratio and residual stresses |
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134 | (10) |
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144 | (3) |
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6 The influence of spectrum shape and block length |
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147 | (46) |
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147 | (1) |
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6.2 Fatigue tests under concave upwards spectra |
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148 | (2) |
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6.3 Fatigue tests under Rayleigh and Laplace loading spectra |
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150 | (21) |
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6.4 Tests under Weibull stress spectra |
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171 | (6) |
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6.5 Influence of spectrum shape and clipping ratio combined |
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177 | (3) |
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6.6 Influence of block length and clipping ratio combined |
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180 | (3) |
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6.7 Influence of block length and spectrum shape combined |
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183 | (6) |
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189 | (4) |
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7 The influence of narrow band, wide band and service loading |
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193 | (51) |
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193 | (3) |
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7.2 Comparing loading types |
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196 | (11) |
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7.3 Tests under narrow band loading |
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207 | (14) |
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7.4 Tests under wide band loading |
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221 | (7) |
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7.5 Tests under service loading spectra |
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228 | (14) |
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242 | (2) |
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8 The influence of cycles of small stress range |
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244 | (19) |
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244 | (3) |
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8.2 Block testing of low stresses |
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247 | (4) |
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8.3 Comparative tests on stress relieved joints |
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251 | (7) |
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8.4 Predicting fatigue life |
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258 | (3) |
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261 | (2) |
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9 Design for variable amplitude loading |
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263 | (21) |
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263 | (2) |
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9.2 Testing for different types of stress |
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265 | (8) |
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273 | (1) |
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9.4 Possible modifications to Miner's rule |
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274 | (1) |
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9.5 The fracture mechanics approach |
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275 | (9) |
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10 More on the fracture mechanics approach -- the effect of stress interaction |
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284 | (21) |
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284 | (3) |
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10.2 Summary of experimental evidence about stress interaction effects |
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287 | (15) |
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302 | (2) |
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304 | (1) |
Appendix A Statistical analysis of constant amplitude test data |
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305 | (20) |
Appendix B Fatigue loading spectra |
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325 | (31) |
Appendix C Summary of test results obtained under variable amplitude loading |
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356 | (57) |
Appendix D Probability density curves |
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413 | (3) |
Appendix E Transformation of units in the Paris fatigue crack prorogation equation |
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416 | (2) |
References and further reading |
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418 | (16) |
Index |
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