Cyclic Plasticity and Low Cycle Fatigue Life of Metals Book

1. Introduction. 2. Stress and Strain in Cyclic Loading. Monotonic stress-strain curve. Stress-strain relationship in cyclic loading. Hysteresis loop. Cyclic hardening/softening curves. Cyclic stress-strain curve. 3. Cyclic Plasticity and Microstructure. Metals and simple alloys with f.c.c. structure. Metals and single phase alloys with b.c.c. structure. Other metals and single phase alloys. Multiphase materials. 4. Dislocation Mechanisms in Cyclic Plastic Straining. Athermal mechanisms in f.c.c. metals. Thermally activated cyclic straining. Dislocation mechanisms in particle strengthened metals. 5. Statistical Description of Cyclic Stress-Strain Response. Internal and effective stress in an elementary volume. Statistical approach. 6. Experimental Investigation of the Dynamics of Cyclic Plastic Straining. Stress-dip method. Stress and strain relaxation. Strain rate changes. Analysis of hysteresis loop shape. Evaluation of results using individual methods. 7. Cyclic Creep. Relevant experimental investigations. Dislocation arrangements. Mechanisms and models. 8. Fatigue Crack Initiation. Observation of surface relief evolution. Models of surface relief evolution. Mechanisms of crack initiation. Role of grain boundaries. Role of inclusions. 9. Growth of Fatigue Cracks. Fracture mechanics approach to fatigue crack growth. Crack growth under small scale yielding. General yield fatigue crack growth. Short crack growth. 10. Fatigue Life of Smooth Bodies. Strain controlled cycling. Plastic strain controlled cycling. Stress controlled cycling. Energy criterion. Evaluation of fatigue life of a smooth body using the fatigue process model.11. Fatigue Life of Notched Bodies. Stress and strain concentration in a notched body. Fatigue life evaluation. 12. Variable Amplitude Loading. Phenomenological description. Analysis of load history. Sudden changes of strain amplitude. Cyclic plasticity in repeated block loading. Hypothesis of cumulative damage. Fatigue life prediction. 13. Effect of Depressed Temperature. Cyclic plasticity. Fatigue life. 14. High Temperature Low Cycle Fatigue. Cyclic plasticity at elevated temperatures. Fatigue life and its evaluation. Damage mechanisms. Fatigue life prediction. 15. Thermal and Thermomechanical Fatigue. The effect of temperature changes under constraint. Reversed plasticity and thermal cracking. Thermal ratchetting. 16. Multiaxial Loading. Multiaxial stress and strain. Cyclic stress-strain response. Fatigue life. 17. Computer Controlled Fatigue Testing. Role of the digital computer. Low cycle fatigue test. Crack growth test. Variable amplitude test. Other tests. 18. Characterisation of Low Cycle Fatigue Resistance of Metallic Materials. Basic characteristics. Review of materials properties. References. Subject Index.