TY - BOOK ID - 14223245 TI - Biaxial Fatigue of Metals : The Present Understanding PY - 2016 SN - 3319236059 3319236067 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Civil Engineering KW - Civil & Environmental Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Metals KW - Fatigue. KW - Fatigue of metals KW - Metal fatigue KW - Engineering design. KW - Materials. KW - Mechanics. KW - Engineering Design. KW - Metallic Materials. KW - Classical Mechanics. KW - Classical mechanics KW - Newtonian mechanics KW - Physics KW - Dynamics KW - Quantum theory KW - Engineering KW - Engineering materials KW - Industrial materials KW - Engineering design KW - Manufacturing processes KW - Design, Engineering KW - Industrial design KW - Strains and stresses KW - Materials KW - Design KW - Metals. KW - Metallic elements KW - Chemical elements KW - Ores KW - Metallurgy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14223245 AB - Problems of fatigue under multiaxial fatigue loads have been addressed in a very large number of research publications. The present publication is primarily a survey of biaxial fatigue under constant amplitude loading on metal specimens. It starts with the physical understanding of the fatigue phenomenon under biaxial fatigue loads. Various types of proportional and non-proportional biaxial fatigue loads and biaxial stress distributions in a material are specified. Attention is paid to the fatigue limit, crack nucleation, initial micro crack growth and subsequent macro-crack in different modes of crack growth. The interference between the upper and lower surfaces of a fatigue crack is discussed. Possibilities for predictions of biaxial fatigue properties are analysed with reference to the similarity concept. The significance of the present understanding for structural design problems is considered. The book is completed with a summary of major observations. ER -