Biaxial Fatigue of Metals: The Present Understanding (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783319236056)

1. Biaxial fatigue of metals. A survey of the present understanding.- 1.1. Introduction.- 2. Physical aspects of the fatigue phenomenon under uniaxial and biaxial loading.- 2.1. The fatigue phenomenon under uniaxial loading.- 2.2. Different modes of fatigue crack growth.- 2.3. The fatigue phenomenon under biaxial load cycles.- 3. Biaxial fatigue research programs.- 3.1. Two methods to describe biaxial load conditions.- 3.2. Specimens for research on biaxial fatigue.- 4. Predictions of fatigue properties for biaxial fatigue loads.- 4.1. Predictions and the similarity concept.- 4.2. Biaxial fatigue of full-scale structures.- 5. Summarizing conclusions.- References.