Fatigue and Corrosion in Metals

Pietro Paolo Milella belongs to the first generation of Italian nuclear engineers. He was the director of the Analysis and Mechanical Technologies Division at ENEA/DISP, the National Italian Nuclear Authority where he was also responsible for all the Italian Nuclear Safety Research Programs in the mechanical field. He developed the Italian Design Criteria for the next generation of Nuclear Power Plants in Italy. In the '80s, he became adjoined professor of Machine Design at the University of Cassino, Italy. In 1995, he became adjoined General Director of the National Agency for Environmental Protection, ANPA. He wrote the books: "Meccanica della Frattura" (in Italian) and "Fatigue and Corrosion in Metals". He is celebrating 55 years of professional activity.

1. Nature and Phenomenology of Fatigue.- 2. Damage Nucleation.- 3. Morphological Aspects of Fatigue. Crack Formation and Growth.- 4. Factors that affect S-N fatigue curves.- 5. Surface Treatments and Temperature Effects.- 6. Data Scatter and Statistical Considerations.- 7. Stress-Based Fatigue Analysis - High Cycle Fatigue.- 8. Strain-Based Fatigue Analysis Low Cycle Fatigue.- 9. Very High Cycle Fatigue.- 10. Fatigue Testing. Fatigue Curve Construction and Fatigue Limit Assessment.- 11. Notch effect.- 12. Cumulative Damage: Cycle Counting and Life Prediction.- 13. Multiaxial Fatigue.- 14. Fracture Mechanics Approach to Fatigue Crack Propagation.- 15. Crack Tip Plastic Zone Effect on Fatigue Crack Propagation.- 16. Fatigue in Welds.- 17. Corrosion.- 18. Hydrogen Embrittlement and Sensitization Cracking.- 19. Fracture Mechanics Approach to Stress Corrosion.- 20. Corrosion fatigue.- Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics: Compendium of Stress Intensity Factors Solutions.