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This article reviews the basic techniques employed in fatigue life prediction. The stress-life, local-strain, and fracture-mechanics methods as applied to life prediction under constant amplitude loading and variable amplitude loading are discussed. Life prediction methodology under variable maplitude loading is also discussed, with particular emphasis on the linear-damage accumulation approach, or Miner's rule. Finally, a discussion of various cycle-counting techniques for variable amplitude loading is given.
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R.K. Holman earned his B.S. in materials science and engineering at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 1996. He is entering graduate school this fall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Holman is member of TMS.
P.K. Liaw earned his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at Northwestern Univeristy in 1980. He is currently a professor and Ivan Racheff Chair of Excellence in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Liaw is also a member of TMS.
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Holman, R.K., Liaw, P.K. Methodologies for predicting fatigue life. JOM 49, 46–52 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02914767
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