ASM Handbook Volume 19 : Fatigue and Fracture

• Vital for design, testing, and material selection
• Practical information for estimating fatigue life
• In-depth coverage of practical fracture mechanics for life assessment, life extension, and fracture control
• Thorough coverage of key structural materials, weldments and components

"You've done a tremendous job. The Handbook is clear, comprehensive treatment of fracture and fatigue giving a solid coverage of the materials, design, and analysis perspectives (something I thought nearly impossible to do in a single book)."

This latest addition to the ASM Handbook series is the first reference book of its kind to put critical information on both fatigue and fracture mechanics in one convenient volume. It provides comprehensive data on a broad spectrum of engineering structural materials and alloys. You get coverage on mechanisms, testing, analysis, and characterization.

You'll learn about fatigue and fracture from both the fundamental and practical standpoint. It's the essential data necessary for you to make informed decisions on alloy design and material selection. You'll also gain valuable insight into fracture control, life assessment, and failure analysis.

Providing a working knowledge of fatigue and fracture properties in actual engineering practice, this Handbook is especially useful in evaluating test data and helping you understand the key variables that affect results. It will also give you a better grasp of fracture mechanics to aid you in life assessment and life extension of components.

Two and a half years in development, this book is a wide collection of articles contributed by almost 100 leading international authorities, then refined by exhaustive peer review. It's an absolute must for component designers, mechanical engineers, metallurgists, materials scientists, and engineering students who are involved in the testing, analysis, or use of fatigue and fracture properties.

Sections include : Fatigue Mechanisms, Crack Growth, Testing, Engineering Aspects of Fatigue Life, Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials, Fatigue and Fracture Control, Castings, Weldments, Wrought Steels, Aluminum Alloys, Titanium Alloys and Superalloys, Other Structural Alloys, Solders, Advanced Materials. Appendices contain comprehensive coverage of fatigue strength parameters and stress-intensity factors.

Foreword
Policy on Units of Measure
Preface
Authors and Contributors
Reviewers

Section 1 : Introduction
Industrial Significance of Fatigue Problems
Fracture and Structure
Fatigue Properties in Engineering
Alloy Design for Fatigue and Fracture
Micromechanisms of Monotonic and Cyclic Crack Growth

Section 2 : Fatigue Mechanisms, Crack Growth, and Testing
Fatigue Failure in Metals
Cyclic Stress-Strain Response and Microstructure
Fatigue Crack Nucleation and Microstructure
Fatigue Crack Growth under Variable-Amplitude Loading
Fatigue Crack Thresholds
Behavior of Small Fatigue Cracks
Effect of Crack Shape on Fatigue Crack Growth
Fatigue Crack Growth Testing
Appendix : High-Temperature Fatigue Crack Growth Testing
Mechanisms of Corrosion Fatigue
Corrosion Fatigue Testing
Detection and Monitoring of Fatigue Cracks

Section 3 : Fatigue Strength Prediction and Analysis
Fundamentals of Modern Fatigue Analysis for Design
Estimating Fatigue Life
Multiaxial Fatigue Strength
Factors Influencing Weldment Fatigue
Fatigue of Mechanically Fastened Joints
Statistical Considerations in Fatigue
Planning and Evaluation of Fatigue
Planning and Evaluation of Fatigue Tests
Surface Effects on Fatigue
Effect of Surface Conditions and Processing on Fatigue Performance
Fretting Fatigue
Contact Fatigue
Fatigue of Special Forms or Components
Fatigue and Fracture Control for Powder Metallurgy Components
Fatigue and Life Prediction of Gears
Fatigue and Life Prediction of Bearings
Fatigue of Springs

Section 4 : Fracture Mechanics, Damage Tolerance, and Life Assessment
An Introduction to Fracture Mechanics
Fracture Resistance of Structural Alloys
Fracture Toughness Testing
Concepts of Fracture Control and Damage Tolerance
The Practice of Damage Tolerance Analysis
Residual Strength of Metal Structures
Fatigue and Fracture Control of Weldments
Fracture Mechanics in Failure Analysis
Stress Maps for Failure Control
Failure Control in Process Operations
Environmental Effects
Stress Corrosion Cracking and Hydrogen Embrittlement
Elevated-Temperature Crack Growth
High-Temperature Life Assessment
Thermal and Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue of Structural Alloys
Damage Tolerance of Aircraft Systems
Life Extension and Damage Tolerance of Aging Aircraft
Damage Tolerance Certification of commercial Aircraft
The Air Force Approach to Aircraft Damage Tolerant Design

Section 5 : Fatigue and Fracture Resistance of Ferrous Alloys
Fracture and Fatigue Properties of Structural Steels
Fatigue Resistance and Microstructure of Ferrous Alloys
Fracture Mechanics Properties of Carbon and Alloy Steels
Fatigue and Fracture Properties of Cast Steels
Fatigue and Fracture Properties of Cast Irons
Bending Fatigue of Carburized Steels
Contact Fatigue of Hardened Steels
Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of Heat-Resistant (Cr-Mo) Ferritic Steels
Fatigue and Fracture Properties of Stainless Steels
Fracture Toughness of Austenitic Stainless Steels and Their Welds
Fatigue and Fracture Properties of Duplex Stainless Steels

Section 6 : Fatigue and Fracture Resistance of Nonferrous Alloys
Selecting Aluminum Alloys to Resist Failure by Fracture Mechanisms
Fatigue and Fracture Properties of Cast Aluminum Alloys
Fatigue Strength of Aluminum Alloy Welds
Fatigue and Fracture Resistance of Titanium Alloys
Fatigue and Fracture Properties of Superalloys
Fatigue Properties of Copper Alloys
Fatigue and Fracture Resistance of Magnesium Alloys
Fatigue of Solders and Electronic Materials

Section 7 : Fatigue and Fracture of Composites, Ceramics, and Glasses
Fracture and Fatigue of DRA Composites
Fatigue of Composite Laminates
Residual Strength with Damage in Composite Aircraft Structures
Fatigue of Brittle Materials
Toughening and Strengthening Models for Nominally Brittle Materials
Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Glasses

Section 8 : Appendices
Parameters for Estimating Fatigue Life
Stress Intensity Factors

Metric Conversion Guide
Abbreviations and Symbols
Index