U.Waterloo : A Tutorial on Fatigue Testing and Design

Chapter 1: Introduction

• Where is Fatigue Design Important? (6Mb pdf)

Chapter 2: Test Hardware

• Test Machines Past and Present (13Mb pdf)

Chapter 3: Load Measurement

• How to Measure Loads for Fatigue Testing and Design (3Mb pdf)

Chapter 4: Strain Measurement

• How Deflections and Strains are Measured (15Mb pdf)

Chapter 5: Specimen Testing

• Part 0: Laboratory Specimen Testing Fundamentals (4.7Mb pdf)
• Part 1: Cyclic Mean Stress relaxation, Cyclic Creep Effects (1.2Mb pdf)
• Part 1(b): Changes to Residual Stress due to fatigue cycling (3.2Mb pdf)
• Part 2: Material Stress-Strain Memory Effects (1.2Mb pdf)

Chapter 6: Computer Setups

• Setup Linux (0.4Mb pdf)

Chapter 7: Notches and Stress Concentrations

• Part 0: Stress Concentrations and Plasticity Corrections (0.5Mb pdf)
• Interlude: Creating Fatigue DataBase files ( 1Mb pdf)
• Part 1: Stress Concentrations and Plasticity Corrections (0.5Mb pdf)

Chapter 8: Computing Fatigue Life

• Computing Fatigue Life: Overview (0.4Mb pdf)
• Computing Fatigue Life: Part 2 Crack Initiation (partial) (0.5Mb pdf)
• Computing Fatigue Life: Part 2B Crack Initiation: Periodic Overload effects (2.5Mb pdf) updated Jan2021
• Computing Fatigue Life: Part 3 Crack Propagation (0.3Mb pdf)

Chapter 9: Cycle Counting

• Cycle Counting (0.9Mb pdf)

Chapter 10: Using Fatigue Software

• Strain history input (partially completed 1.2Mb)
• Elastic FEA or Elastic Nominal Stress history input (0.6Mb pdf )
• Crack Propagation Program input (partially completed 0.5Mb )
• Crack Propagation Program Vers.2 Usage (2Mb pdf) New Jan.2021

Chapter 11: Post Processing FEA Results

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