International Journal of Fatigue 25 (2003) 679–702 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijfatigue Review article Fatigue of structures and materials in the 20th century and the state of the art J. Schijve ∗ Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Kluyverweg 1, 2629HS Delft, The Netherlands Received 30 October 2002; received in revised form 22 January 2003; accepted 4 February 2003 Abstract The paper surveys the historical development of scientific and engineering knowledge about fatigue of materials and structures in the 20th century. This includes fatigue as a material phenomenon, prediction models for fatigue properties of structures, and load spectra. The review leads to an inventory of the present state of the art. Some final remarks follow in an epilogue. 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Fatigue mechanism; Fatigue properties; Prediction; Load spectra; History Contents 1. Introduction .................................................. 680 2. Fatigue of materials as a physical phenomenon ............................ 682 2.1. Fatigue crack initiation ......................................... 682 2.2. Fractographic observations ....................................... 683 2.3. More about fatigue crack growth ................................... 684 3. The S-N curve and the fatigue limit ................................... 687 3.1. Aspects of the S-N curve ........................................ 687 3.2. The fatigue limit ............................................. 688 4. Predictions and fatigue damage ...................................... 689 4.1. The engineering need for prediction models ............................ 689 4.2. Predictions based on the similarity of conditions (CA-loading) ................. 690 4.3. Predictions based on fatigue damage accumulation (VA-loading) ................ 691 4.3.1. Fatigue damage description ..................................... 692 4.3.2. Fatigue crack growth under VA loading ............................. 693 5. Load spectra ................................................. 694 6. Evaluation of the present state of the art ................................ 696 6.1. Prediction of the fatigue limit ..................................... 697 ∗ Tel.: +1-31-15-3695-194. E-mail address: [email protected] (J. Schijve). This paper was a keynote presentation at ECF14, Krakow, Poland, 8–13 September 2002 and is reproduced by kind permission of EMAS Publishing. 0142-1123/03/$ - see front matter 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/S0142-1123(03)00051-3
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