Mechanical Behavior of Materials

  1. Fatigue of Materials
    1. Cyclic Loading and Fatigue Failure
      1. Nature of Cyclic Stresses
        1. Crack Initiation
          1. Crack Propagation
            1. High-Cycle Fatigue
              1. Elastic Deformation Regime
              2. Low-Cycle Fatigue
                1. Plastic Deformation Regime
              3. The S-N Curve
                1. Experimental Determination
                  1. Fatigue Limit
                    1. Materials with Endurance Limit
                      1. Materials without Endurance Limit
                      2. Fatigue Strength
                        1. Fatigue Life
                        2. Strain-Life Approach
                          1. Total Strain Amplitude
                            1. Coffin-Manson Relation
                              1. Low-Cycle Fatigue Prediction
                            2. Fatigue Crack Propagation
                              1. Crack Growth Stages
                                1. Paris Law
                                  1. Region II Crack Growth
                                  2. Threshold Stress Intensity
                                    1. Crack Growth Threshold
                                  3. Factors Affecting Fatigue Life
                                    1. Mean Stress Effects
                                      1. Goodman Diagram
                                        1. Gerber Diagram
                                          1. Soderberg Diagram
                                          2. Surface Effects
                                            1. Surface Finish
                                              1. Residual Stresses
                                              2. Environmental Effects
                                                1. Corrosion Fatigue
                                                  1. Temperature Effects
                                                2. Cumulative Damage and Life Prediction
                                                  1. Damage Accumulation Concepts
                                                    1. Palmgren-Miner Rule
                                                      1. Linear Damage Summation

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