FACTORS INFLUENCING FATIGUE SRENGTH

Types of Effect

Condition

Material effects

1.Chemical composition
2. Failure criterion
3. Material variation
4. Size and shape
5. Speed of testing
6. Under/overstressing

Manufacturing effects

1. Fretting corrosion
2. Heat treatment
3, Method of Manufacture
4. Stress concentration
5. Surface treatment

Environmental effects

1. Corrosion
2. Rest periods
3. Superposed static stress
4. Temperature
5. Varying amplitude

Design effects

1. Fretting or galling
2. Shape
3. Life of member
4. Simple or combined stresses
5. Stress concentration