Fatigue Note:

There are fatigue strength coefficients listed for several types of materials in table A-23 in Shigley. If you
are dealing with steel and you do not have specific data available for fatigue strength coefficient, you
can use the SAE estimations cited in equation 6-11 in Shigley (as I did in the example in this video). If
you have an experimental SN curve for the specific type of material in question, you can use equation 6-
9 in Shigley as a model and do a curve fit to find the fatigue strength coefficient and the fatigue strength
exponent. I'm not sure what you are starting with, but these are some possible answers. Thanks for
watching!

Fracture Mechanics Note:

Flaw Size (a) is an important parameter in fracture mechanics approach

•Fracture Toughness replaces strength of material

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– For Linear-Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM), fracture toughness of a material is determined

from “Stress Intensity Factor”

– For Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics(EPFM), fracture toughness is determined via energy

required to grow a crack
– Effect of Temperature on Fracture Toughness
– Fracture Toughness of materials are affected by temperature
– Ships experiencing cold weather conditions may be prone to fracture type failures

Three Modes of Fracture

Mode I denotes a symmetric opening (opening or tension mode)

Mode II denotes an antisymmetric separation (In-plane shear mode)
Mode III denotes an antisymmetric separation (out-of-plane shear or tearing mode)

Crack growth usually takes place in mode I or close to it.

The crack “adjusts” itself such that the load is perpendicular to the crack faces.

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