Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, 34th Volume

Daniewicz SR

This STP contains more than 580 pages of technical information from the second International ASTM/ESIS Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics jointly sponsored by the ASTM International Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture and the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) in November of 2003.

These proceedings contain 37 papers focusing on two significant topics within damage tolerance: Structural Assessment and Fatigue Behavior in the Threshold Regime.

Examples of specific topics addressed by the papers in this STP include

• negative stress ratio load history
• fatigue crack growth rate
• threshold stress intensity factor (SIF)
• environmentally influenced fatigue
• material selection for welded steel structures
• plane stress tearing
• fatigue crack closure
• microstructural influences
• microdamage growth
• surface crack growth
• fatigue crack propagation in welded joints
• ultrasonic fatigue testing
• fatigue endurance diagram
• temperature-dependent fracture toughness
• assessment of the Standard ASTM E 399
• sensitivity of creep crack initiation and growth
• fretting fatigue and stress relaxation behaviors
• crack length measurement methods
• influence of crack-surface oxidation
• crack tip constraint

This STP contains information of particular interest to engineers, designers, and researchers involved with metal construction, materials testing, materials manufacture, and design or use of metal components.