Advances in Fatigue Science and Technology

I — Fundamentals of Fatigue.- Short Fatigue Cracks.- The Influence of The Microstructure on Fatigue.- Modelling of Fatigue Crack Growth.- Statistical Analysis of Fatigue Crack Growth.- Fatigue Threshold Behaviour Part I: Modelling of FCG Near Threshold.- II: Theoretical Aspects and Open Questions.- Fatigue at Notches.- A Review of Fatigue Life Prediction Models for the Crack Initiation and Propagation Phases.- Environmentally Assisted Fatigue Crack Growth.- Non-Propagating Fatigue Cracks: The True Fatigue Limit.- Experimental Techniques to Observe and Monitor Short Fatigue Cracks.- Mechanisms of Creep-Fatigue Interactions.- Elevated Temperature Life Prediction Methode.- Multiaxial Fatigue Failure.- Multiaxial Fatigue Crack Propagation Behaviour.- Analysis and Design Methods in Multiaxial Fatigue.- A Review of Fatigue Predictive Methods in the Regime where Inelastic Strains Dominate.- Fatigue Crack Initiation at Notches: Techniques, Experiments and Interpretations.- Creep and Low Cycle Fatigue Analysis of Engineering Alloys - A Review.- The J Integral Approach in Elastic-Plastic Fatigue Crack Propagation.- II - Engineering Applications.- The SAE Round-Robin Fatigue Program with A356-T6 (A17 SiMg) Cast Aluminum Alloy.- Methodology of Variable Amplitude Fatigue Tests.- How to Improve Fatigue Strength of Vehicle Components Employing Different Test Methods.- Fatigue Behaviour of Welded Joints.- Fatigue Design Optimisation in Welded Joints.- Fatigue Life Prediction Methods in Welded Joints: Case Studies.- Fatigue Analysis in Offshore Structures.- The Damaging of Composite Materials: Mechanisms and Detection.- The Fatigue of High Performance Composite Materials.- Damage Assessment in Fatigue of Reinforced Structural Composites.- Mechanical Aspects Related to Fibre Fracturein ARALL 2 Laminates.- Development in Fatigue Design in Automotive Industry Using New Materials.- Damage Evaluation and Life Extension of Structural Components.- Optimisation of Component Design by Fatigue Analysis and Testing.- III - Research Contributions.- Cyclic Hardening and Softening of [001] Al Single Crystals.- Fatigue Crack Growth of Short Cracks in an A1MGSI Alloy.- Generalization of the Kitagawa Diagram to V-Notched Members.- Separate Contributions of Corrosion-Froduct Induced and Roughness-Induced Crack Closure to the Fatigue Threshold of Al Alloys.- Dynamic Analysis of Plasticity - Induced Fatigue Crack Closure.- Fatigue Crack Growth in Textured Metals.- Inelastic Modelling for Engineering Design for High Temperature Conditions.- Total Strain Energy Density as a Fatigue Damage Parameter.- Fatigue Crack Extension, A General Mechanism.- Interaction Between Fatigue Crack Growth, Yielding and Nonlinearly Viscous Material Response.- Multiaxial Fatigue: Damage Mechanisms and Life Predictions.- Cyclic Deformation Behaviour of a Fe-28Cr-4Mo-2Ni-ø.43Nb Superferritic Stainless Steel.- Fatigue and Brittle Fracture in Tubular Joints - A Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Analysis.- Fatigue Investigation on Preloaded Welded Connections.- Influence of Surface Treatment on Fatigue Resistance of Aircraft Alloys.- The In Service Multi-Axial-Stress Situation in an Uncooled Gas Turbine Blade.- Time Dependent Effects on High Temperature bow Cycle Fatigue and Fatigue Crack Propagation of Nickel Base Superalloys.