Structural Integrity Considerations in Engineering Design: Introduction to Structural Integrity and Basic Fatigue Design 1

This book deals with the concepts of structural integrity from safe life to damage tolerance to holistic structural integrity processes, which are all part of a reliability-centered closed loop design approach. Volume 1 introduces the concepts of structural integrity and the basics of fatigue design, including the development of safe life fatigue design concepts based on traditional continuum mechanics. An extensive discussion of discontinuities is presented to illustrate their importance to all deformation mechanisms and especially the mechanisms of fatigue. The historical aspects of fatigue design are also introduced with emphasis on the stress-life and strain-life approaches, along with the many factors that affect fatigue life of structures and their utilization in society. Latter chapters of the book briefly discuss the extraneous effects on fatigue such as corrosion, fretting, wear, creep, and accidental damage. These will be dealt with in more detail in latter volumes. Finally, the book gives many examples of fatigue failures that have occurred in history and cites ways these could have been prevented and the lessons learned from such fatigue failures. Contents: Introduction to Structural Integrity Introduction to Safe Life, Damage Tolerance, and Holistic Life Approaches to Structural Integrity Design Basic Concepts of Deformation of Crystalline Materials with Emphasis on Metals The Physical Basis of Fatigue Mechanisms of Fatigue The Stress-Life Approach to Fatigue Design Fatigue Response Diagrams/Variability and Scatter Constant Amplitude Loading Versus Variable Amplitude Loading Miner's Rule and the Concept of Cumulative Damage Notch Effects in Fatigue Stress Concentration Factors, Fatigue Notch Factor, Notch Sensitivity Adjustments to Fatigue Data and the Concept of a Fatigue Allowable-Transfer Function Strain-Life Concepts Applied to Fatigue Surface Integrity Issues in Fatigue Fatigue of Joints, Joint Fatigue Allowables Extraneous Effects in Fatigue Simple Design Rules to Enhance Fatigue Behavior Nucleation of Cracks and Crack Propagation

• ISBN: 978-1-86094-950-0
• Editorial: IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 500
• Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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