Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction and overview; Part I. Cyclic Deformation and Fatigue Crack Initiation: 2. Cyclic deformation in ductile single crystals; 3. Cyclic deformation in polycrystalline ductile solids; 4. Fatigue crack initiation in ductile solids; 5. Cyclic deformation and crack initiation in brittle solids; 6. Cyclic deformation and crack initiation in noncrystalline solids; Part II. Total-Life Approaches: 7. Stress-life approach; 8. Strain-life approach; Part III. Damage-Tolerant Approach: 9. Fracture mechanics and its implications for fatigue; 10. Fatigue crack growth in ductile solids; 11. Fatigue crack growth in brittle solids; 12. Fatigue crack growth in noncrystalline solids; Part IV. Advanced Topics: 13. Contact fatigue: sliding, rolling and fretting; 14. Retardation and transients in fatigue crack growth; 15. Small fatigue cracks; 16. Environmental interactions: corrosion-fatigue and creep-fatigue; Appendix; References; Indexes.

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Reviews

'… the second edition is even better, as it has been expanded with coverage of new topics, and includes worked examples, case studies of fatigue failures and applications in life prediction, as well as sample problems at the end of sections … an excellent textbook for practising engineers … This is a highly recommended book which would now be a useful introductory reference across the whole spectrum of researchers and engineers working on fatigue problems and life prediction.' Neil James, International Journal of Fatigue

'The phenomenon of fatigue plagues materials of every kind in a host of applications, and Professor Suresh's treatise is similarly wide ranging.' Contemporary Physics