High Cycle Fatigue: A Mechanics of Materials Perspective

Dr Theodore Nicholas ran the High Cycle Fatigue Program for the US Air Force between 1995 and 2003 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and is one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject, having authored over 250 papers in leading archival journals and books.

Bringing his plethora of expertise to this book, Dr Nicholas discusses the subject of high cycle fatigue (HCF) from an engineering viewpoint in response to a series of HCF failures in the USAF and the concurrent realization that HCF failures in general were taking place universally in both civilian and military engines.

Topic covered include:

Constant life diagramsFatigue limits under combined LCF and HCFNotch fatigue under HCF conditionsForeign object damage (FOD)

Brings years of the Author's US Air Force experience in high cycle fatigue together in one textDiscusses HCF in the context of recent international military and civilian engine failures

Part I: Introduction and Background
1. Introduction
2. Characterizing Fatigue Limits
3. Accelerated Test Techniques
Part II: Effects of Damage on HCF Properties
4. LCF-HCF Interactions
5. Notch Fatigue
6. Fretting Fatigue
7. Foreign Object Damage
Part III: Applications
8. HCF Design Considerations
Appendices
Index