Material Fatigue

Material fatigue describes damage accumulation under cyclic loading leading to fatigue failure. Analytical concepts range from S‑N curves through fracture mechanics to micromechanical explanations of crack initiation and propagation. Influencing factors include stress amplitude, mean stress, surface condition, temperature and microstructure.

Committees

  • Working Group

    Fatigue

    Committee members: 117
    Chair
    Prof. Dr. Gerhard Biallas
    HAW Hamburg
    Chair
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Ulrich Krupp
    RWTH Aachen University