Fatigue Testing and Analysis. Theory and Practice

This book is a summary of experimental and analytical techniques that are essential to students and practicing engineers for conducting mechanical component design and testing for durability. There is a serious need for engineers to have an overview on the entire methodology of durability testing and reliability to bridge the gap between fundamental fatigue research and its durability applications. · Covers the useful techniques for component load measurement and data acquisition, fatigue properties determination, fatigue analysis, and accelerated life test criteria development, and, most importantly, test plans for reliability demonstrations. · Written from a practical point of view, based on the authors' industrial and academic experience in automotive engineering design. · Extensive practical examples are used to illustrate the main concepts in all chapters.