4/19/2002, Wednesday Three Stages Fatigue Fracture Chapter 12, 13
Stage I Crack Nucleation
Development of Surface Roughness Ductile metal surface under cyclic loading
Stage II Micrfocrack Development
Fatigue Crack Growth in Ductile Metals Plastic blunting and re-sharpening in fully reversed fatigue
Fatigue Striations
Advancing Fatigue Crack
Stage III Catastrophic Failure
Fatigue-Crack Growth Rate
Stress Intensity Factor Range
Strong material are desired for high-cycle fatigue
At low DK value, fatigue striation are not evident