Fatigue and Fatigue Thresholds Series of Books & Publications

Fatigue 90 - Proceedings of the 4th International Fatigue Conference

Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Fatigue and Fatigue Thresholds Held 15-20 July 1990 in Honolulu Hawaii

OVERVIEW LECTURE

Fatigue Strength Database of Metallic Materials and Its Statistical Analysis
T.TANAKA

Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Verification of Aircraft Structures
A.F. BLOM

Fatigue Crack Growth Retardation Mechanisims after Single and Multiple Overloads
A.J. MCEVILY and Z.YANG

Reliability Based Design for Service Life Assessment
Z.T.GAO, H.M.FU and W.D. LI

Fatigue Problems in Life Prediction
H.KITAGAWA

Fatigue in Biomaterials
D.TAYLOR

Fatigue Damage Evolution and Life Prediction
A. PLUMTREE

Development of Fatigue Analysis and Fatigue Life Prediction
JIHO SONG

MECHANISMS

Factors Influencing Planar Slip during Fatigue in FCC Stainless Steels
J.B. VOGT, T. MAGNIN and J.FOCT

A Study of Fatigue Damage Accumulation in Non-Agehardenable Steel
I.OHKAWA, N. TAKATAMA and M. MISUMI

Fatigue Mechanisms in an AlMg Si Alloy
K.PEDERSEN

A Comparison of the Surface Topography Produced by the Cyclic Deformation of Copper and 70Cu-30Zna-Brass
XIA JIN, J.I. DICKSON and J.P. BAILON

Strain Hardening Exponent on Fatigue Crack Propagation
S.C. KIM and D.M. KANG

The Effect of Stress Ratio (R) on Striations Morphology
Y.UCHIDA, Y HIGO and S. NUNOMURA

Fatigue Loading of Cemented Soils
D.W. AIREY and M. FAHEY

On a Comparison Between Cyclically and Non-Cyclically Induced Damage Patterns in the Fabric of Brittle Sandstones
G.LI and K.H.R. MOELLE

Analysis of the Fatigue Equivalent Damage Lines
X.Y. ZHU

The Fatigue Behaviour of Mg-Zn-Cu Alloys
F.GUL

MICROSTRUCTURE

Influence of Martensite Contents and Properties on Fatigue Behaviour of Dual-Phase Sheet Steels
L.WANNAMAN and A. MELANDER

Fatigue Crack Growth in Heat-Affected-Zone Microstructures in Duplex Stainless Steel
A.D.HOPE, S. ATAMERT and J.E. KING

Crack Initiation and Growth in Tool Steels
H.BERNS

Effects of Prestrain on the Grain-Size Dependence of Fatigue Limit
Y.NAGASE, J. YAMAMOTO and Y. SAWAKI

Constant Strain Fatigue of Stainless Steel and Its Corresponding Substructure Variation
J.Y.YANG, Z.H. MA, Y.X. TAN and D.W. GUO

Influence of Anisotropy on the Fatigue Behaviour of Cold Rolled Steel Sheets
J.DHERS, G. CHATELARD and R. FORTUNIER

Anisotropy of Fatigue Properties in Cold-Rolled Titanium Plate
M.SUGANO and T. SATAKE

Microstructure and Crack Growth in the Titanium Alloy Ti-2.5Cu
J.K.GREGORY and L. WAGNER

Fatigue Strength and Crack Initiation of Ti-6Al-4V
S.NISHIDA, C. URASHIMA and H.G. SUZUKI

Effect of Microstructure on Fatigue Strength of Structural Steels Used in Power Engineering
G.P.KARZOV, B.T. TIMOFEEV and T.A. CHERNAYENKO

Micromechanical Aspects of Fatigue Strength Improvement by Combined Mechanical and Thermomechanical Treatments
F.HOFFMANN and P. MAYR

Cyclic Slip Localization in Fatigue of Copper Polycrystals
J.POLAK, K. OBRTLIK and J. HELESIC

The Sensitivity of Low Cycle Fatigue Properties to the Crystallographic Structure in Single and Polycrystals
T.MAGNIN, C. RAMADE, J. LEPINOUX and L.P. KUBIN

Influence of Microstructure on Cyclic Work Hardening of Dual Phase Steels
S.R.MEDIRATTA, V. RAMASWAMY and P.R. RAO

A Study of Pulsative Tensile Fatigue and Microstructure of Low Alloy Steel
Z.ZHANG, L. ZHANG and Y. JIN

Fatigue Damage and Macrocrack Initiation in Steel Under Cyclic Compression
J.Z.ZHANG, Z.X. FENG, X.Z. CHEN, J.H. LUO and Z.H. LI

Influence of Microstructure on Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of a Single Crystal Nickel Base Superalloy
S.H.AI, V. LUPINC, G. ONOFRIO and G. VIMERCATI

Fatigue of Unrecrystallization Solution Treated 18Ni Maraging Steel
H.ISHII, H. KUREBAYASHI and X.M. WANG

Fatigue Behaviour of Bi-Modal Microstructures in Ti-6Al-4V
L.WAGNER, G. LUTJERING and R.I. JAFFEE

Internal Crack Initiation in High Cycle Fatigue of Ti-6Al-4V Alloys at Cryogenic Temperatures
O.UMEZAWA, K. NAGAI and K. ISHIKAWA

Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth in a DC-Cast AlSi7Mg Alloy
J.A.ODEGARD, J.E. HAFSAS and D. PEDERSEN

Geometrical Quantification of Fracture Surface and Its Significance in Fatigue Studies
B.KARLSSON and J. WASEN

SURFACE TREATMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS

Microstructural Stability of Ion Implanted Surfaces and the Effects on Fatigue Damage Accumulation
D.J.MORRISON, J.W. JONES and G.S. WAS

Fatigue Strength Improvement by Ion Implantation
A.V.FYODOROV

The Effect of TiN Coating on the Fatigue Strength of Carbon Steel
K.SHIOZAWA and S. OHSHIMA

Evaluation of Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Properties of a Spray Deposited High Strength Al-Alloy
G.CAVALLINI, A. LANCIOTTI and L. LAZZERI

The Influence of Residual Stresses and Surface Strengthening on Components Fatigue Life
A. BAUMEL JR and T. SEEGER

Study of Combined Technological Methods Application Possibility for Machine Elements Fatigue Strength
S.V. USOV, S.V. KARNEEV and M.Y. PANASYUK

Influence of Surface Condition on Fatigue Strength
L. WAGNER and G. LUTJERING

The Significance of Defects on the Fatigue Properties of a Peened and Anodised Aluminium Alloy
D.H. ALLEN and K. WINN

NONMETALLIC INCLUSIONS AND DEFECTS

Microscopic Evaluation of Non-Metallic Inclusions for Springs
S. NISHIJMA, N. TERAOKA, E. SUZUKI and M. TERASHITA

Relationship Between Fatigue Properties and Inclusion Content of Bearing Steel
K. TOYAMA and M. YAMAMOTO

Prediction of Fatigue Strength of a High-Speed Steel Based on Estimation of the Maximum Size of Inclusions
Y. NATSUME, S. MIYAKAWA, Y. UEMURA and Y. MURAKAMI

Distributions of Defect Size and Fatigue Resistance
M.T. YU, D.L. DUQUESNAY and T.H. TOPPER

Are Pits and Notches Equivalent in Fatigue?
E.G. SEGAN and D. F. SOCIE

The Role of Small Defects in High-Cycle Fatigue: Models, Experimental Techniques, Results
B. WEISS and R STICKLER

Effects of Small Defects, Small Cracks and Nonmetallic Inclusions on Fatigue Strength of High Strength Steels
Y. MURAKAMI

Fatigue Behaviour of Large Forgings Containing Natural Defects
C. BERGER, T. HOLLSTEIN, K.H. MAYER and R.B. SCARLIN

Surface Roughness Effects on Fatigue: A Fracture Mechanics Approach
P. GREENFIELD, D.H. ALLEN, P. BYRNE and D. TAYLOR

MULTIAXIAL LOADING

Strain-Path Influence on Multiaxial Fatigue Cracking
S. SUBRAMANIAN, A. FATEMI and P. KURATH

High Cycle Multiaxial Fatigue
D.L. MCDIARMID

Biaxial Strain Measurements of the Effect of Constraint on the Modified Cyclic Neuber Relation
K.C. WANG and W.N. SHARPE JR.

Strain Measurement and Damage Analysis in Low-Cycle Multiaxial Fatigue
D.A. NEWBURN and S.M. TIPTON

Multiaxial Load Spectra in a Cooled Gas Turbine Blade under In-service Conditions
A. FISCHERSWORRING-BUNK

The Behaviour of Steel under Biaxial Cyclic Strain
YAN XIANG-ZHEN, YANG XIOU-JUAN and WANG CHEN

CYCLIC DEFORMATION

Cyclic Creep Behaviour of Polycrystalline Aluminium at Room Temperature
Z.A. YANG and Z.G. WANG

Cyclic Deformation and Fatigue Hardening and Softening of Each Phase in Dual-Phase Steel
Z.R. HE and Z. GUO

A Study on Cyclic Transient Behaviour of Some Metallic Materials
YANG QING-XIONG and SHAO YA-SHENG

Relation of Fatigue Behaviour and Plastic Deformation Propagation Characteristics of the Materials
WEI HUANG and XINZENG CHEN

Cyclic Deformation and LCF Behaviour in 19MN5 Boiler Steel
LI YIMING and GU HAICHENG

Cyclic Softening Characteristics and Mechanism of Hot Work Die Steels During Low-Cycle Fatigue
HU ZHENHUA and XIAO JIEXUAN

VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING/STRENGTH

Fatigue Life Analysis for Variable Amplitude Loading
J. SOLIN

Overload Effect on the Retardation of Fatigue Crack Initiation
T.H. LIN, S.R. LIN and Q.Y. CHEN

Fatigue of A356-T6 Cast Aluminium Alloy under Variable Amplitude Loading
K.B. LEASE and R.I. STEPHENS

Simulation of Random Loading from a Given PSD and Its Damage Equality Verification
HWU SHANRONG and KONG HEQING

Effect of Prestrain and Overloading on FCI Life of 15 MnVN Steel
LIN CHAO and ZHENG XIULIN

The Effects of Compressive Loads and Overloads on the Fatigue Damage Growth
CHEN XINGFU, YANG BINGXIAN and KOU CHANGHE

Consideration of Fatigue Damage Below the Endurance Limit in Life Predictions for Variable Amplitude Loading
M. VORMWALD and T. SEEGER

Exploration of Fatigue Crack Life Predictions under Random, Programmed and RMS Loading
LI KANG-XIN, YU REN-JI, JIN ZI-HONG and LIANG KAI-ZUO

The Effects of Prestress Overload on LCF and da/dN
J.Y. HOU, S.L. LIU and J.Z. XIE

High Cycle Fatigue Properties in Heavy Retardation for a Cracked Body
XIANGJIONG FU

Recent Research on Fatigue Crack Initiation Life in NPU
X. ZHENG

Thermometric Approach to Fatigue Damage and Damage Accumulation Under Random Loading
K. KUSSMAUL and W. WEIBLEN

MULTIAZIAL LOADING AND MIXED-MODE CRACK GROWTH

The Influence of Multiaxial Stresses on Fatigue Failure
F.ELLYIN

Fatigue Behaviour of a Surface Crack under Mixed Mode Loading
K. TOHGO, A. OTSUKA and M. YOSHIDA

Change in the Crack Growth Rates under Mixed Mode Loading
W. LINNIG, H.A. RICHARD and K. HENN

Effect of Mixed Mode and Mode II Overloads on the Prediction of Fatigue Crack Growth
K. HENN, H.A. RICHARD and W.LINNIG

Cracked Ring Specimen for Environment Fatigue and Mixed Mode Fatigue Tests
S. NUNOMURA and Y. ODA

Sub-Macroscopic Fatigue Threshold under Multi-Axial Mode Loading
PEIJI TONG

NOTCH EFFECTS AND CONTACT FATIGUE

A Strength Evaluation Method of a Sharply Notched Structure by a New Parameter 'the Equivalent Stress Intensity Factor'
S. KIHARA and A. YOSHII

The Dormant Crack at Notch and Duration Limit
XIANGJIONG FU and EAZI LE

Detection of Rolling Contact Fatigue by Measurement of Texture Development in Surface Layer
Y. INOUE, Y, SATOH and K. KASHIWAYA

High Temperature Fretting Fatigue under a Simulated Service Load in a Steam Turbine Steel
T. SATOH, Y. MUTHO and E. TSUNODA

The Rolling Contact Fatigue Behaviours in Carburized and Hardened Steel
BINGZHE LOU, LINING HAN, ZHENXIN LU, SHOUZHE LIU and FUSAN SHEN

VOLUME II

COMPOSITES

Evaluation of Fracture Mechanics Characteristics of Alumina Particulate Filled Epoxide Composite
H.KOBAYASHI, Y. ARAI, H. NAKUMURA, T. KOIDE, Y. KAJIYAMA and A. IEYASU

Fatigue of an Aluminium SiC Composite
D.M.KNOWLES and J.E. KING

The Effect of Temperature and Moisture on the Fatigue Behaviour of SMC
T.MATSUDA, H. NAGATA, Y. FUJIOKA and K. SUMI

Fatigue Crack Growth Studies in Al-Graphite and Al-Zircon Particulate Composites
R.K.PANDEY and U.T.S. PILLAI

Analogies between Bridged Cracks in Fatigue and Monotonic Loading
B.N.COX and D.B. MARSHALL

Fatigue Behaviour of Advanced Aircraft Materials (Al-Li, ARALL, CFRP) under Constant Amplitude and Service Loading Conditions
H.NOWACK

Stiffness Variation Measurements under Fatigue Loading in Carbon-Epoxy Laminated Composites
G.J.L.CHALANT and C. MELENNEC

Fatigue Damage of Plain Woven GFRP under Pulse Loading
S.AMIJIMA, T. FUJII, T. MATSUOKA and H. MORINAKA

Fatigue Process in Short Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics
H.NISITANI, H. NOGUCHI and T. HARADA

Influence of Environmental Temperature on Fatigue Properties of Centre Hole Notched GFRP Reinforced by Plain Woven Glass Cloth
S.AMIJIMA, T. FUJII, K. OHKUBO and T. MATSUOKA

The Effect of Physiological Salt Water on Fatigue Crack Growth Rate for Glass Fibre Reinforced Polycarbonate
R.MURAKAMI, S. NOGUCHI and K. AKIZONO

CERAMICS

Static and Cyclic Fatigue Behaviour in Ceramics
T.KAWAKUBO, N. OKABE and T. MORI

Crack Propagation Behaviour of Si3N4 under Cyclic Loads - Influence of Difference in Materials
H.KISHIMOTO, A. UENO and H. KAWAMOTO

Crack Propagation Behaviour of Sintered Silicone Nitride under Cyclic Load of High Stress Ratio and High Frequency
A.UENO, H. KISHIMOTO, H. KAWAMOTO and M. ASAKURA

Cyclic Damage Zones Ahead of Tensile Fatigue Cracks in Ceramic Materials
S.SURESH and J.R. BROCKENBROUGH

Cyclic Fatigue-Crack Propagation in Ceramics: Long and Small Crack Behaviour
A.A.STEFFEN, R.H.DAUSKARDT and R.O. RITCHIE

Cyclic Fatigue Damage and Microstructure of Ceramic Materials
S.HORIBE

Fatigue Crack Growth in Ceramic Materials at Ambient and Elevated Temperatures
S.SURESH

An Evaluation of Thermal Shock Resistance in Structural Ceramics under Repeated Thermal Shock Conditions
Y.KIMURA and S. AKIYAMA

The Influence of a Superimposed Cyclic Loading on the High Temperature Fracture Strength of Ceramics Containing a Viscous Phase
S.LAUF, V. GEROLD and R.F. PABST

Static and Cyclic Fatigue Crack Propagation Behaviour of Silica Glass
Y.SAWAKI, S. HONDA, S. SAGAGUCHI and Y. NAGASE

The Growth of the Fatigue Fraking Spot in the Silicon Nitride Bearing Raceway
K.TANIMOTO, H.TAKEBAYASHI, K. ROKKAKU, N.OKABE and K. NISHIDA

Fatigue in Silicon Nitride Bend Bars
I.BAR-ON and J.T. BEALS

POLYMERS AND BIOMATERIALS

Application of Strain Energy Density to Calculation of Inelastic Strain at the Crack Tip
S.DHAR and G.L. CLOUD

The Effects of Temperature and Humidity on Dynamic and Static Fatigue in PMMA
T.NATSUI, Y. HIGO, S. NUNOMURA and J. MATSUOKA

The Combined Effects of Molecular Weight and Mean Stress on the Fatigue Resistance of PMMA
T.CLARK, R.W. HERTZBERG and J.A. MANSON

Cyclic Fatigue-Crack Propagation Behaviour in Pyrolytic Carbon-Coated Graphites for Prosthetic Heart-Valve Applications
R.O.RITCHIE and R.H. DAUSKARDT

Fatigue in the Artificial Hip Joint: Improvements Through Fibre Reinforcement of Bone Cement
D.TAYLOR, P. PRENDERGAST and J.V. McARDLE

Fatigue and Fracture Properties of Compact Bone and Self-Protection of Biological Materials
CHAOXIN ZHANG

METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES

Fatigue Damage Growth Mechanisms in Continuous Fiber Reinforced Titanium Matrix Composites
W.S.JOHNSON, R.A. NAIK and W.D. POLLOCK

Fatigue Properties of SiC Whisker Reinforced Aluminium Cast Alloy at Elevated Temperatures
N. HASEGAWA

Fatigue Crack Propagation in SiC Whisker Reinforced Aluminium Alloy
K.TANAKA, M. KINEFUCHI and Y. AKINIWA

Fatigue Crack Growth Characteristics of Whisker Reinforced Aluminium Alloys
K.HIRANO

Fatigue Crack Growth in SiC Particulate-Reinforced Aluminium Alloys
S.KUMAI, J.E. KING and J.F. KNOTT

The Fatigue of SiC-Reinforced Aluminium Alloys
P.K.SHARP, B.A. PARKER and J.R. GRIFFITHS

Fracture and Fatigue of Materials and Structures Made of Composites with an Aluminium Matrix
G.A.KRIVOV, V.N. SHIYANNIKOV, V.M. POLYTSHUK, V.A. TITOV and M.I. JATZENKO

Fatigue Behaviour of Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminium Matrix Composites
J.J.BONNEN, C.P. YOU, J.E. ALLISON and J.W. JONES

Fatigue Crack Growth in Unidirectional Metal Matrix Composite
L.J.GHOSN, J. TELESMAN and P. KANTOS

Fatigue Behaviour of SiC(P)/A16061 Composite
WEICHENG YU, JINCAI YUAN, JIAN WANG and ZHONGGUANG WANG

Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of a d Alumina Short Fibre Reinforced Al-2Mg Alloy - Part I: Short Cracks
A.MELANDER, M. ROLFSON, S. SAVAGE and S. PRESTON

Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of a d Alumina Short Fibre Reinforced Al-2Mg Alloy - Part II: Long Cracks
A.F.BLOM and H.L. GROTH

Fatigue Property of Nickel-Foam Reinforced Aluminium Alloy
K.SHIOZAWA, T. MIZUGUCHI and S. NISHINO

Fatigue Behaviour of Continuous-Fiber Reinforced Aluminium Matrix Composites at Temperatures between 295K and 673K
H.MABUCHI and Y. NAKAYAMA

Effect of Preform Impurity Particles on the Fatigue Properties of Squeeze Cast Fiber MMC
C.C.JONES and F.E. WAWNER

NEW ALUMINIUM ALLOYS

The Fracture and Fatigue Behaviour of Al-Li-X Alloys
C.P.BLANKENSHIP JR, H.J. ROVEN and E.A. STARKE JR

Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of a Peakaged Al-2.6Li-0.09Zr Alloy
J.A.HENKENER, T.D. SCHEUMANN and A.F. GRANDT JR

On the Micromechanisms of Fatigue-Crack Propagation in Aluminium-Lithium Alloys: Sheet vs Plate Material
K.T. VENKATESWARA RAO, R.J. BUCCI and R.O. RITCHIE

Cyclic Stress Response Characteristics of Aluminium-Lithium Alloy 2090
T.S.SRIVATSAN, S. SRIRAM, T. HOFF, P. GIUSTI, A. PRAKASH and R. MEYERS

Strain-Life Fatigue Characteristics of Mechanical Alloyed Al 9021 Aluminium Alloy
W.J.D. SHAW

The Influence of Electroless Ni-P in Ultra-Hard Aluminium LC9 on the Fatigue Life
ZHANG HONGZHE and HUANG HUI

ELECTRICAL AND NEW MATERIALS

Structural Reliability of Electronic Devices and Equipment
T.SHIMIZU, A. NISHIMURA and S. KAWAI

Behaviour of Solder Joints under Thermal and Mechanical Stress
KH.G.SCHMITT-THOMAS and S. WEGE

Low Cycle Fatigue Properties of Solder Materials (36Pb62Sn2Ag) at Low Temperatures
S.YOSHIOKA, S. TANI, M. KUMASAWA and A. INOUE

Fatigue Characteristics of Oxide Ceramics
R.KRISHNAMURTHY and V. SIVASANKARAN

Fatigue Behaviour of Zirconia-Ceria Alloys
D.C.CARDONA and C.J. BEEVERS

SMALL/SHORT CRACKS

Closure Behaviour of Small Cracks
G.EBI and P. NEUMANN

Estimating the Extent of Short Crack Behaviour from the Closure Development Distance of Long Cracks
M.N.JAMES and R.E. GARZ

Small Crack Closure Measurements in Aluminium-Lithium Alloy 2090-T8E41
X.SU, J.M. LARSEN and J.R. JIRA

Fracture Mechanics of Physically Shirt Cracks
A.N.VASJUTIN

Short Fatigue Crack Growth in Mixed Mode Conditions in Al-Li Alloy 2090
M.DE FREITAS and M.H. CARVALHO

Significance of Small-Crack Growth Law in Fatigue Behaviour of Materials
H. NISITANI, M.GOTO and N.KAWAGOISHI

Effect of Surface Texture on Small Fatigue Crack Growth in a Forged 6082 Aluminium Alloy
S.GUNGOR and L.EDWARDS

Fatigue Crack Initiation and Small Crack Growth in Several Airframe Alloys
M.H.SWAIN, J.C. NEWMAN JR, E.P. PHILLIPS and R.A. EVERETT

Observations on the Correlation Between Threshold Values, Slip Behaviour and Grain Size in Nickel Base Superalloys
P.A.S.REED, P. WOOLIN and J.E. KING

Small Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour and Its Statistical Properties in a Pure Titanium
K.TOKAJI, T. OGAWA, Y. KAMEYAMA and Y. KATO

Small Fatigue Crack Initiation and Crack Propagation of Aluminium Alloy Plate
LI CHANG-CHUN, NI GUANG-LE and LEE HAO

Analysis of the Growth of Small Cracks from Notches
J.G. MERCER and T. NICHOLAS

Short Through Cracks from a Blunt Notch under Constant Amplitude Loading
S.A.SEETHARAM, P.K. DASH, K.N. RAJU and K. BALARAMAN

Short Fatigue Crack Growth from Blunt Notches in an Aero-Engine Alloy
I.W.HUSSEY and J. BYRNE

Microstructural Effect on Propagation of Short Fatigue Cracks in Notched Components
Y.AKINIWA and K. TANAKA

Stage I Fatigue Crack Growth and Interaction with Grain Boundary in Directionally-Solidified Ni-Base Superalloy and Al-Li Alloy at Elevated Temperatures
M.OKAZAKI, S. YAMAHIRA and T. TABATA

CRACK GROWTH

Fatigue Crack Propagation Characteristics of Duplex-Stainless Steel Weldments
TAIK-SOON LEE, SANG-TAE KIM and JONG-WAN KWON

Metallurgical and Mechanical Factors Affecting Fatigue Crack Propagation and Crack Closure in Various Structural Steels
Y.TANAKA and I. SOYA

Effect of Stress State on Fatigue Crack Propagation: A Correlation with ?G
R.A.DAIUTO and B.M. HILLBERRY

Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of Aluminium-Lithium Alloy
K.ANANDAN, P.K. DASH and K.K. BRAHMA

Fatigue Crack Growth and Closure Behaviours in Carburized and Hardened Case
BINGZHE LOU, XIAOTIAN JING, CHENQIN GU, FUSAN SHEN and LIANGAN

HE Fatigue Crack Growth in a Duplex Stainless Steel
J.WASEN, B. KARLSSON and M. NYSTROM

Frequency, Temperature and Environmental Effects on Fatigue Crack Growth in Ti3Al
S.J.BALSONE, D.C. MAXWELL, M. KHOBAIB and T. NICHOLAS

The Influence of Compressive Loading on Fatigue Crack Propagation in Three Aerospace Bearing Steels
A.J.TACK and C.J. BEEVERS

G.R.F. - A Simple Method of Estimating Retardation Effects in Crack Growth
A.BROT

Fatigue Crack Propagation and Arrest Behaviours in Steel under Cyclic Compression
J.Z.ZHANG, Z.X. FENG, X.Z. CHEN, J.H. LUO and Z.H. LI

Crack Toughness Measurements of Maraging Steel in Thin Wall Cylinders
SHEN HUIWANG

Crack Initiation and the Short-to-Long Crack Growth Transition in a Ni-Base Superalloy
A.D.BOYD-LEE and J.E. KING

Direct Observation of Growing Fatigue Crack by Field Emission Type Scanning Electron Microscope and Development of Computer Image Processing Technique
M.JONO and A. SUGETA

Fatigue Crack Propagation Measurements under Rotating-Bending Loading
E.K.TSCHEGG and S.E. STANZL

Curvilinear Fatigue Crack Propagation in Plates
S.YA. YAREMA

Investigation on the Fatigue Crack Growth Rate of ZG20CrMoV Steel
HEQING ZHUANG, SONG XIANG and JIANQUN XU

Effect of Heat Treatment Processes on the Fatigue Crack Growth in AISI 4340 Steel
JI-LIANG DOONG, JIUN-REN HWANG, KAN-PING PENG and CHIEN-CHUN WANG

On the Growth of Short Fatigue Cracks into Long Cracks
H.P.STUWE, R. PIPPAN and G. SHAN

CRACK CLOSURE

Problems Associated with Quantification of Fatigue Crack Closure
J.E.ALLISON and C.P. YOU

The Effect of Stress Ratio and Maximum Load on Crack Closure in Fatigue
S.K.P. CHEUNG-MAK and I. LE MAY

Evaluation of Fatigue-Crack Closure in the Near-Threshold Level in High Strength Steel
S.DHAR

Crack Closure in North Sea Oil Platform Steels
R.FOROUGHI and J.C. RADON

Experimental Determination of ?Keff
G.MARCI, V. BACHMANN and K. HARTMANN

Through-the-Thickness Fatigue Crack Closure Behaviour in an Aluminium Alloy
D.S.DAWICKE, J.C. NEWMAN JR and A.F. GRANDT JR

The Relation Between Fracture Surface Geometry and Crack Closure in Fatigue
J.WASEN and B. KARLSSON

Crack Closure Development and its Relation to the Small-Crack Effect in Titanium Alloys
J.R.JIRA, T. NICHOLAS and J.M. LARSEN

Roughness-Induced Closure of Through-Thickness Short Fatigue Cracks
J.LLORCA

Evaluation of Crack Opening Stress Distributions and Stress Intensity Factors Based on Opening Displacements along a Fatigue Crack
T.TORII and K. HONDA

Some Aspects of Fatigue Crack Closure in Aluminium Alloys
A.M.ABDEL MAGEED, R.K.PANDEY and R.CHINADURAI

Analysis of Fatigue Crack Surfaces Partial Contact in Residual Stress Fields
A.TODOROKI, H. KOBAYASHI, H. NAKAMURA and Y.ARAI

Fatigue Crack Closure Model For Predicting Crack Growth Rates in Carburized and Hardened Case
XIAOTIAN JING, BINGZHE LOU, CHENQIN GU and FUSAN SHEN

VOLUME III

NEAR THRESHOLD CRACK GROWTH

Mechanisms of Fatigue Cracking at and near the Threshold
J.P.BAILON, J.I. DICKSON, LI SHIQIONG and D. LAROUCHE

Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour Near Threshold in Ti-6Al-4V Alloy: Microstructural Aspects
K.S.RAVICHANDRAN

Effects of Microstructural Morphology on the Near Threshold Fatigue Crack Growth Characteristics of a Near-Alpha Titanium Alloy: Ti-6Al-3Mo-1.5Zr-0.25Si
K.S.RAVICHANDRAN and D. BANERJEE

Fatigue Threshold for Small Cracks in Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron
M.ENDO

The Effect of Martensite Content on the Strength and Fatigue Strength Threshold of Dual-Phase Steels
Z.G.WANG, D.L. CHEN, X.X. JIANG, C.H. SHIH, B. WEISS and R. STICKLER

The Dislocation Emission and Threshold of the Effective Stress Intensity Range
R.PIPPAN

The Fractography of Near-Threshold Fatigue Cracking in B.C.C. Metals
LI SHIQIONG, J.I.DICKSON and J.P. BAILON

Environment and Frequency Effects on Fatigue Crack Growth of Micro-Alloyed Steel in the Threshold Region
B.M.SUYITNO, G. CHALANT and J. PETIT

Threshold Testing for Vibration Assessment of a Turbine Disc Alloy
N.TAGHANI and BE.POWELL

A Theoretical Analysis of the Relationship between Fatigue Threshold and Martensite Content in Dual-Phase Steels
D.L. CHEN, Z.G. WANG, X.X.JIANG, C.H. SHIH, B. WEISS and R.STICKLER

A New Method for Predicting Fatigue Crack Propagation Threshold
LIN CHAO and ZHENG XIULIN

Threshold Crack Growth and Crack Closure in Ductile Iron
R.V.PRAKASH, K.K. BRAHMA and M.N. SRINIVASAN

Fatigue Threshold and Closure at Moderately Elevated Temperatures
K.OGURA and I.NISHIKAWA

Closure Free Hysteresis in FCP: Effect of Load Increase on the Post-Threshold Non-Propagation
W.V.VAIDYA

Fatigue Threshold Dependence on Loading History in a Titanium Alloy
S.MALL, J.A.PEREZ and T. NICHOLAS

Effect of Overload on Fatigue Threshold
WANG JIA-DI

The Influence of Cold Deformation on the Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Growth in Dual Phase Steels
J.WASEN and B. KARLSSON

SURFACE CRACKS

Statistical Investigation of Surface Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth in Metallic Materials
A.ISHII, S.K. SASAKI and Y.OCHI

A Study on Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of Surface Crack in Pressure Vessel Materials
Y.HUH, I.J. LEE and H. MOON

An Analysis of Surface Crack Growth in Circumferentially Notched Component under Low-Cycle Fatigue
K.HATANAKA and T. FUJIMITSU

Surface Crack Growth Behaviour of Low Cycle Fatigue under Intermittent Over-Straining
Y.OCHI, S.K. SASAKI and A. ISHII

Effects of Distributed Surface Cracks on Corrosion Fatigue Lives
S.ISHIHARA, K.SHIOZAWA and K. MIYAO

Stress Intensity Factors for Small Surface Cracks in a Commonly Used Small Crack Specimen
W.ZHAO, X.R. WU and M.G. YAN

VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING AND CRACK GROWTH

Fatigue Crack Growth under Variable Amplitude Loadings
M.JONO

Fatigue Crack Growth Overloads: Transient Nature of Time-Dependent Shielding
Y.KATZ, A. BUSSIBA and W.W. GERBERICH

Fatigue Crack Growth Retardation after Single Peak and Block Overloads in a Structural Steel
D.DAMRI and J.F. KNOTT

A Discrete Asperities Model for Fatigue Crack Growth after an Overload
R.L. CARLSON and C.J. BEEVERS

Fatigue Crack Growth Rate Diagrams of Aluminium Alloy A5083P-O under Random Loading with an Exponential Distribution
Y.TOMITA, K. HASHIMOTO and H. SAKATA

Fatigue Crack Propagation Mechanisms in Al-Alloys under Variable Amplitude Loading
J. KIESE, A. GYSLER and G. LUTJERING

Fatigue Crack Growth under 15-block Variable Mean Spectrum Loading of Synthetic Tower
J.G. CHENG and X.F. XIE

HIGH TEMPERATURE MECHANISMS

High Temperature Creep-Fatigue Failure Criteria for Engineering Materials
M.KITAGAWA, I. NONAKA and K. SONOYA

Near-Threshold FCG Behaviour in Ferritic Stainless Steel: Applicability of Kmax Testing at Elevated Temperature
KAMEL MAKHLOUF and J.W. JONES

Very High Temperature Fatigue of a Ni-Base Superalloy
Y.NAKASONE, K. HIRAGA and T.TANABE

High Temperature Thermal Fatigue of Stainless Steels
C.PETERSEN and G.H.RUBIOLO

Crack Initiation and Propagation in 304 Stainless Steel Notched Specimens at Elevated Temperature
H.TAKAHASI, T.KAWAKAMI, T. UNO, K. TAKAKURA, K.WATASHI and M. KIKUCHI

Effects of Serrated Grain Boundary on Initiation and Propagation of Short Fatigue Crack at High Temperature
H. IIZUKA and M. TANAKA

Effects of Oxidation on Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation
K. KANAZAWA, M. SATO and M. KIMURA

Fatigue Crack Growth of Small Defects in a Powder Metallurgy Superalloy at High Temperature
F.SONIAK and REMY.L

The Dependence of Damage on the Shape and Microstructure of High Alloyed Steel Specimens Subjected to Pure Thermal Cycling
F.BAUER, F.D. FISCHER and K.L. MAURER

A Study on the Microscopic Mechanism of Interaction Between Fatigue and Creep for a Superalloy
JIANGNAN LIU and CHANGSHENG TIAN

ENVIRONMENT CRACK INITIATION AND SMALL CRACKS

Short Surface Crack Growth in Corrosion Fatigue
Y.NAKAI and K. OHJI

Corrosion Fatigue Characteristics of Small Surface Cracks in a High Strength Steel
M. NAKAJIMA, Y.KATO and Y. KITAOKA

Corrosion Fatigue Initiation Behaviour of a Structural Steel in Salt Solution with Various Concentrations
S. HATTORI and T.OKADA

Shot Peeing and Corrosion Fatigue of Structural Steel with Different Surface Conditions under Sea Water
M.C. SHARMA

Effect of Magnesium Segregation to Grain Boundary on Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth in an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy
M.K.TSENG, Z.H. JIN and F.C. SUN

Corrosion Fatigue of Lead Alloys Used in Underwater Cables
K.M.HTUN, N. SHAIKH and J. LARSEN-BASSE

LOW CYCLE FATIGUE

Low Cycle Fatigue of 316L-316LNSS Correlation Between Hysteresis Loop Parameters, Mechanical Behaviour & Microstructure
S.DEGALLAIX, G. DEGALLAIX and J. FOCT

Low-Cycle Fatigue of Pearlitic Ductile Cast Iron
S.HARADA, Y.AKINIWA. T.UEDA and M.YANO

Serrated Flow in Nimonic alloy PE16 under LCF Loading
W.CHEN, R.P. WAHI and H. WEVER

Tension-Compression and Torsional Low-Cycle Fatigue of Maraging Steel
M. ABE, H. ITO and Y. MURAKAMI

The Effects of Strengthening Mechanisms on Low Cycle Fatigue Damage in 600 MPa Class Hot-Rolled High Strength Steels
M.MIZUI, O. AKISUE and H. KATOH

Testing for High Strain Rate Low Cycle Fatigue
PINGSHENG YANG and HUIJIU ZHOU

Strength of Components in Low Cycle Fatigue with Different Surface Treatments
A.TERRANOVA and L. VERGANI

Low Cycle Corrosion Fatigue Strength of Aluminium Alloys in Chlorine Gas Environment
R. EBARA and Y. YAMADA

THERMAL FATIGUE

Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue of Al-SiCp Composites
H.SEHITOGLU and M. KARAYAKA

Thermomechanical Fatigue of Nimonic 80A and Alloy 800H
T.BAUMGARTNER, S. HURTA, K. BOTHE and V. GEROLD

Thermal Fatigue Property of Vermicular Graphite Cast Iron
WU SHENQING and SHU GUANJI

Environmental Aspects of Thermal Fatigue in an SCS-6/Ti-24Al-11Nb Composite
P.R. SMITH and W.C. REVELOS

Thermal Fatigue Crack Growth under Hydrogen Ion Beam Irradiation
S.YOSHIMURA, G. YAGAWA and H. HISHIDA

CREEP-FATIGUE INTERACTIONS

Interaction of High-Cycle Fatigue with High Temperature Creep
P.LUKAS

High-Temperature Low Cycle Fatigue of Single Crystal Nickel Base Superalloys
M.MARCHIONNI, V. CATENA, E. PICCO and D. RANUCCI

Lower Bound Strain Range Partitioning Analysis of Creep-Fatigue Damage
V.BICEGO and S. RAGAZZONI

Effects of Loading Wave Form and Temperature on Fatigue Strength of High Manganese Steel
I.MAEKAWA, H.SHIBATA, K. SHIMODA, J.H.LEE and S. NISHIDA

Effect of Loading Waveforms on Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation in Superalloy CK3 at 760°C
LIU SHAOLUN and XIE JIEZHOU

ENVIRONMENT AND CRACK GROWTH

Environmentally Affected Fatigue Crack Growth
S.NISHIJIMA, S.MATSUOKA and E. TAKEUCHI

An Environmental Fatigue Crack Propagation Model for Structural Steels
G.CHALANT, J.PETIT and B. SUYITNO

Effects of Potential and Anisotropy of Material on Mode II Fatigue Crack Growth of 7075-T6 Aluminium Alloy in 3.5% Saltwater
M.MORI and A. OTSUKA

The Influence of Frequency-Dependent Crack Closure on Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth
M.L.BARTLETT and S.J.HUDAK JR.

Temperature Effect and Overload Retardation Effect on Corrosion Fatigue of High Strength Steel
Y.R.QIAN, X.D. HE and C.Q.CHEN

Fatigue Crack Growth Mechanism of Spheroidized Low Alloy Steel in Gaseous Hydrogen Environment
H.J.MAIER and H.KAESCHE

Fatigue Crack Growth Rate of Structural Materials for Cryogenic Use
A.INOUE, S. TANI, S. YOSHIOKA, A. UEDA, T. TAKAYANAGI, M. OHNO and J. ISHIZAKA

Hydrogen Effects on Fatigue in a Duplex Stainless Steel
T.J. MARROW, J. E. KING and J. A. CHARLES

Fatigue Crack Growth of 4140 Steel Weldments at Room and Low Climatic Temperature
J.K. LIM and R.I. STEPHENS

Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour and Corrosion Potential of A533B Steels in High Temperature Pressurized Water
Y. KATADA, N.NAGATA and S.SATO

The Effect of Periodic Overloads on Crack Growth of A537 cl.1 Steel in 3.5% Sodium Chloride
ZANG QISHAN, LIU KANG and KE WEI

A Review of Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Characterization: Test Methods and Standards
T. JUTLA, P.J.TUBBY and I.M.AUSTEN

ENVIRONMENTS / MATERIALS

Effects of Environments on the Cracking Resistance and Fracture Character of Austenitic Non Magnetic Steels Under Fatigue Loading
A.I.BALITSKII and V.I.POKHMURSKII

Corrosion-Fatigue in the Titanium Alloy Ti-2.5Cu
J.K.GREGORY

Hydrogen Embrittlement Induced Corrosion Fatigue of Molybdenum
K.HABIB

Corrosion Fatigue Failure Mechanisms of Steam Turbine Rotor Materials
R.B. SCARLIN, C.MAGGI and J. DENK

Environmental Contributions to Fatigue Crack Growth in a 9%Cr,1%Mo Steel
P.J.COTTERILL and J.F. KNOTT

Effect of Carbide Distribution on Corrosion Fatigue Properties of 13%Cr Stainless Steel
Y.YANG, Y.Z. AN and F.S. SHEN

Effect of Hydrogen on Bolting Materials for Subsea Use
E.BARDEL, T.G.EGGEN.T.SLIND and E.LEMBACH-BEYLEGAARD

HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS

Small Defects and High Cycle Fatigue of Turbo-Generator Materials
T.C.LINDLEY and K.J.NIX

Experimental Investigation on the Fatigue Crack Propagation Rate in a 30Cr2MoV Steel Rotor for a Steam Turbine
HEQING ZHUANG, JIANQUN XU and SONG XIANG

Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue Crack Growth in Aircraft Engine Materials
T.NICHOLAS and S.MALL

Development of Non-Destructive Method for Evaluation of Residual Life of the Boiler Material
H.ONO, K. NIHEI and S. YOSHIDA

Crack Initiation and Life Assessment Method Under Creep and Fatigue Conditions
S.SAKURAI, S. UMEZAWA and H. MIYATA

The Influence of Microstructure and Temperature on the Fatigue Behaviour of ?/a2 Titanium Aluminides
W.E. DOWLING, W.T. DONLON and J.E. ALLISON

Microstructural Effect on Fatigue Thresholds in Beta Titanium Alloy Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al
GU HAICHENG and SONG SHUJUAN

Deformation Processes During Fatigue and Fatigue-Creep of an Advanced Titanium Alloy
W.J.PLUMBRIDGE, R.SMITH and G.H. DAM

Microstructural Effects on Fatigue Crack Growth in Titanium Aluminides
P.B.ASWATH, W.O.SOBEYEJO and S. SURESH

High Temperature Fatigue of Non-Homogeneous Continuum in Semi-Space
F. KOSEL and L. KOSEC

Time Dependent Crack Growth in Inconel 718 at Elevated Temperature
P.WOOLLIN and J.F. KNOTT

VOLUME IV

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT

Image Processing Technique of Fracture Surface
K.KOMAI

Fatigue Damage in Superalloys Determined Using Doppler Broadening Position Annihilation
D.HOECKELMAN and H.P.LEIGHLY JR

A Study on the Fracture Surface Using the X-Ray Fractography
Y. NATSUME, S. MIYAKAWA and T. MURAMATSU

Improvement of Measuring Accuracy of Ultrasonic Attentuation of Degraded Materials Using Spectrum Analysis
S. SAKAI, N. FUJINAWA, H.OKAMURA, M. MATSUBARA, A. NITTA and T. TAKANO

The Fatigue Damage Evolution Equation and Life Assessment of Aluminum Alloy Specimen by Laser Irradiation
LI GUANGXIA, GUO ZHIDE and ZHOU YAWEN

ENVIRONMENT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL APPROACH

Novel Technique for Studying the Corrosion Fatigue Behaviour of Metallic Electrodes in Aqueous Solution
K. HABIB

Corrosion Fatigue Strength Under Sea Water Environment by Electrochemistry
H.KOTOGUCHI, T. MIKI, M. MAEJIMA and R.T. HUDSPETH

Fatigue Crack Initiation in the Potentiostatic Passive Corrosion Regime of CP Titanium
KEZHONG LI and A.W. THOMPSON

Strain Synchronized Polarization Current Analysis on Ti Alloy in 0.9% NaCl Solution during Potentiostatic Corrosion Fatigue Test
M. ONO, M. SHIMOJO, Y. HIGO and S. NUNOMURA

The Inhibition Effect of Sodium Molybdate on the Initiation of Corrosion Fatigue of 1020 Mild Steel in Aqueous Solution
A.HUSAIN, K. HABIB and R. JARMAN

STRUCTURES AND COMPONENTS

The Versailles Railway Accident of 1842 and the First Research into Metal Fatigue
R.A. SMITH

Fatigue Fracture of Pressurised Vessels
S.M.MAKKY The Fatigue Behaviour of Hydrided Zr-2.5 wt% Nb Pressure Tube Material
D.A. SCARTH and W.K. LEE

Fatigue Strength of RC Slabs for Bridges under a Running Load and Estimation of Their Remaining Lives
M. KAWAGUCHI and S. OIKAWA

The Estimation and Fatigue Crack Propagation of Steam Turbine Rotor in Unsteady Thermal Loading
B.H. ZHANG and X.D. YANG

Fatigue Design Concept of JSSC C.MIKI Development of Fatigue and Fracture Phenomena Analysis Program for Steel Bridges
M. ABE, M. YOSHINO, M. ABE and M. SUGIDATE

Mechanics of Fatigue Failure of Large-Size Parts
A.M.LEGUN and V.A. VOLKOV

Fracture Analysis and Crack Propagation in Pressurized Fuselage Structures: Experimental and Numerical Investigations
E.BRUGNOLI, A. LA BARBERA and M. MARCHETTI

Mechanical Analysis of "Kidney-Shape" Fatigue Crack in Rail Head
K.DANG VAN, C. JIMENEZ, H.P. LIEURADE and H. MAITOURNAM

Application of Fatigue Analysis to Automotive Engineering
T.YOSHIMURA

Effects of Fillet Geometry and Residual Stress on the Fatigue Performance of Shafts
P.J. HAAGENSEN, K. ODEGARD and S. BURKOW

Fatigue Strength of Dynamically Loaded Journal Bearings
H.J. PEEKEN

Strength Evaluation of Excavator Components for Integrity under Fatigue Loading Conditions
SOON-BOK LEE and SEONG-HYUN LEE

Compilation of Variable Amplitude Load Spectra of Wagon Components
S.Z.LIU and Y.F.SUN

MODELLING AND SIMULATION

Monte Carlo Simulation of Small Fatigue Crack Propagation
K.TANAKA. Y. AKINIWA and M. KINEFUCHI

Stochastic Simulation of Initiation and Growth of Small Surface Cracks in Creep-Fatigue Condition
R. OHTANI, T. KITAMURA and N. TADA

Modeling Fatigue Behaviour of Shot Peened Parts
W. CAO, L. CASTEX and J. BARRALIS

Experimental Study and Modelling of Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Growth in Nodular Cast Irons
O.N. ROMANIV and A.N. TKACH

A Modeling of Cracking Behaviour in Multiaxial Low Cycle Fatigue and Its Application to Life Assessment
T. HOSHIDE and T. INOUE

WELDED JOINTS IN COMPONETS

Development of the Method to Evaluate the Fatigue Life of Spot-Welded Structures by Fracture Mechanics
R. YUUKI and T. OHIRA

A Study of Three-Dimensional Elastic-Plastic Stress Analysis of Spot-Welded Joint
T.SATOH, H. ABE, K. NISHIKAWA and M. MORITA

Strength of Spot Welded Box Beam under Torsion
N.TOMIOKA, J. NIISAWA, H. KITAGAWA and K. LIM

Fatigue Behaviour of a Spot Weld Between High Strength Steel and Monogalvanized Steel
C.M. SUH, S.S. KANG and N.S.HWANG

Study of Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Growth in Mild Steel Butt Welded Joint
WANG JIA-DI and SUN XUN-FANG

Fatigue Crack Initiation in Butt Welds of Ultrahigh Strength Steel
LU BAOTONG and ZHENG XIULIN

Fatigue Analyses of Welded Structures Using Fracture Mechanics
S.SIPILA

STRUCTURAL AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS

Prediction of Fatigue Crack Growth in a Ti-6Al-4V Fan Disk Forging Under Spectrum Loading
R.GALATOLO

Fatigue Testing of a Gas Turbine Fan Disc
T.GOSWAMI

Damage Tolerance of the Fighter Aircraft 37 Viggen - Part I: Analytical Assessment
B. PALMBERG, P.O. BOMAN, M.O. OLSSON and A.F. BLOM

Damage Tolerance of the Fighter Aircraft 37 Viggen - Part II: Experimental Verification
M.O.OLSSON, P.O. BOMAN, B. PALMBERG and A.F.BLOM

Methodology for the Assessment of Material Quality Effects on Airframe Fatigue Durability
P.E. MAGNUSEN, A.J. HINKLE, R.J. BUCCI, R.L. ROLF and D.A. LUKASAK

RELIABILITY

Statistical Characteristics of Residual Stress Variation Due to Cyclic Stress in an Induction Hardened Steel
M.MISUMI, M. UCHIDA, M. OHKUBO and A. MITSUMA

Effect of Residual Stress on the Fatigue of Welds
S.SARKANI. D.P. KIHL, L.D. LUTES and W.H. HAY

Stochastic Fatigue Crack Growth and the Reliability of Deteriorating Structures
J.W. PROVAN and S.R. BOHN

Effect of Atmospheric Conditions on Fatigue Life Distributions of Carbon Steel for Machine Structural Use
T. SAKAI, M.RAMULU and M. SUZUKI

Reliability Evaluation for Low Cycle Fatigue of Cr-Mo-V Steel
H.ITOH, T. INUKAI, N. OKABE and K. KIMURA

Effect of Sample Size on Failure Probability in Both Weibull and Log-Normal Probability Models
H.ISHIKAWA, H. INOME, A. UTSUMI and H. ISHIKAWA

TESTING SYSTEMS

New Approaches to the Estimation of Metal Dynamic Strength
V.N.STROEVA and YU.P. KIRDEEV

Indentation Loading Method as a Miniaturized Fatigue Testing
S.NOGUCHI, Y.HIGO, S. KUMAI and S. NUNOMURA

Crack Initiation and Propagation Model under Repeated Oblique Impact Loading
S. DHAR

A New Microcomputer Aided System for Measuring FCP Threshold
LU MINXU and ZHENG XIULIN

WELDJOINTS AND FASTENERS

Fatigue in Explosion Bonded 316L Clad Steel Plate
V.W.LUCEY and J.E. KING

Fatigue Behaviour of Laser Welded Lap Joints in AISI 304
V. DATTOMA and P. LAZZARIN

Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of HT80 Steel Weldments under Variable-Amplitude Loading
Y. KITSUNAI and E. YOSHIHISA

Analyses of Crack Propagation Life Interference-Fit Fastener
WUANLIN GUO and XIANGJIONG FU

A Probabilistic Approach of Total Life Prediction for Complex Joint with Multi-Fastener and Multi-Layer
LIAO MIN and YAONG QING-XIONG

Fatigue Experimental Analysis for Coldworked Fastener Holes and Its Prediction
YASHENG SHAO and QINGXIONG YANG

Influence of Hardness on Fatigue Strength of Bolted-Joints Tightened into Plastic Region
H.SUZUKI

Fatigue Design Data for Threaded Fastners
P.J. HAAGENSEN and T. SLIND

LIFE PREDICTION

Fatigue Life Prediction and Crack Growth Behaviour on Degraded Materials
JAE-DO KWON, SUN-HO, CHOI and H. KITAGAWA

Fatigue Life Assessment Using Short Crack Growth Model
J.R. YATES and L. GRABOWSKI

Remaining Life Prediction of Fatigue Cracks Propagating in Residual Stress Fields
K.OHJI, S. KUBO and M. TSUJI

Fatigue Life Prediction from the Viewpoint of Internal Stress and Effective Stress
Y. IKAI and M. MATSUDA

Prediction of Fatigue Crack Growth Patterns in Surface Cracked Bodies
Y.S. CHOY, W.H. YANG, Y.J. KIM and J.W. KIM

Life Prediction for a Nickel Base Alloy Nimonic PE16 under Low Cycle Fatigue Loading
M.D. MATHEW, V. SINGH, W. CHEN and R.WAHI

Experimental Evaluation of TSP Fusion Plant Retaining Bandage Durability
YU. I. ZVEZDIN, A.A. POPOV, A.G. MAZEPA and YU. V. SPIRCHENKO

Proof Test and Fatigue Crack Growth Modeling on 2024-T3 Aluminium Alloy
J.C. NEWMAN JR, C.C. POE JR and D.S. DAWICKE

High Cycle Fatigue Life of Surface Hardened Steels under Multi-Axial Loading
A. DEPERROIS, L. CASTEX, K. DANG VAN, P. MERRIEN and A. BIGNONNET

Fatigue Life Estimation of Web Gusset Welded Joint Under Highway Loading
M. SAKANO

Fatal Crack Formation at Low and Intermediate Strain Amplitudes
L.C. LIM

Fatigue Life Prediction of Notched Specimens of Nickel Based Superalloy Single Crystals
A.DEFRESNE and L. REMY

Fatigue Life Prediction Under Intermittent Stress/Strain Cycling
T. HORIKAWA and H. NAKAMURA

EXPERT SYSTEMS

State of the Art of the Databases and Softwares on the Fatigue and Crack Propagation in Japan
K. KAWAMO

Knowledge-Based Systems for Design for Fatigue
C.A. MCMAHON, J.H.S WILLIAMS, K. BROWN, J.SISSON, D. DAVIES and J. DEVLUKIA

Development of Fatigue Strength Design Support System
T.SHUTO

Development of Supporting System for Fatigue Lives and Remaining Lives in Steel Railway Bridges
T. HORIGUCHI, K. NAKAMURA, M. HAYATA, M. ABE, M. SUGIDATE and A. KOSHIBA

ADHESIVE JOINTS

Fracture Mechanics Approach to Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Propagation of Adhesive Joints
H. ISHIKAWA, S. NAKANO, R. YUUKI and N.Y.CHUNG

Effects of Manufacturing on Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of Adhesive Bonded Cracked Lap Shear Joints
A.LAFRANCE, P.F. PACKMAN and T.V. BAUGHN

Fatigue Life Prediction of Adhesive Bonded Joints
M. IMANAKA, W. KISHIMOTO, K. OKITA and H. NAKAYAMA

Fatigue Characteristics of Overlap Bonded Joints
R.A. CHERNENKOFF

Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour in Adhesively Bonded Cracked Plate
SIYI CHEN and ZHISIAN LU

ADDITIONAL PAPERS

Recent Developments and Trends in the Automation of the Materials Testing Process
A.A. BRAUN

The Influence of the Grain Shape of the Structure on Crack Propagation by Fatigue of Age-Hardened AlZnMgCu Alloys
K. DETERT, O. IBAS and R. SCHEFFEL

Experimental Studies of Surface Crack Growth in Thin Plate Specimen
F.TAKEMASA, T. UEMURA, S. TAKADA, K. KAMATA and Y. NAKAMURA

The Effect of Overload/Underloads on Constant-Amplitude Fatigue and the Implications on Complex Spectrum Behaviour for Two High-Strength Aluminium Alloys
M.T. HANN, G.V. SCARICH and J.A. WALSH

Effects of Temperature on Fatigue Crack Propagation in SiC Particulate Reinforced Al-Base Composites
P.D. COUCH and P. BOWEN

Fatigue Crack Propagation in a SiC Fibre Reinforced Ti-Base Metal Matrix Composite
P.J. COTTERILL and P. BOWEN

Fatigue in a Metallic Alloys Containing Non-Metallic Particles
J.F. KNOTT and J.E. KING