Mechanical Testing and Evaluation
Fatigue, Creep Fatigue, and Thermomechanical Fatigue Life Testing
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Published:2000
Abstract
This article describes the phenomena of crack initiation and early growth. It examines specimen design and preparation as well as the apparatus used in crack initiation testing. The article provides descriptions of the various commercially available fatigue testing machines: axial fatigue testing machines and bending fatigue machines. Load cells, grips and alignment devices, extensometry and strain measuring devices, environmental chambers, graphic recorders, furnaces, and heating systems of ancillary equipment are discussed. The article presents technologies available to accomplish closed loop control of materials testing systems in performing standard materials tests and for the development of custom testing applications. It...
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Member Sign InGary R. Halford, Bradley A. Lerch, Michael A. McGaw, Fatigue, Creep Fatigue, and Thermomechanical Fatigue Life Testing, Mechanical Testing and Evaluation, Vol 8, ASM Handbook, Edited By Howard Kuhn, Dana Medlin, ASM International, 2000, p 686–716, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.hb.v08.a0003314
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