A microstructural model is presented to assess pit-to-crack transition and corrosion fatigue
strength in pitted components in different environments. The model is first validated using …

Current models for predicting the fatigue endurance of notched solids use the stresses along
a straight line, beginning at the notch root, as a simplification of the real crack propagation …

Existing structural integrity assessment procedures typically assume flaws to be infinitely
sharp when they cannot be considered as local thinned areas. This assumption is often over …

The influence of the ratio between specimen thickness (t) and grain size (D) on the tensile
and fatigue properties of plain and notched aluminium plate specimens has been studied …

This work shows an analysis of several models of multiaxial fatigue for notches: Navarro-
Rios' model, which analyses the interaction between the crack and its associated plastic …

This work presents experimental results on the fatigue behavior of cracks growing from
circular notches under axial loading conditions for a very wide range of notch size to grain …

Fatigue failures generally initiate at notches or discontinuities. Many methods have been
proposed to predict fatigue limits at notches. Navarro and De los Rios developed a method …

This paper describes the implementation of an alternating technique that uses a short crack
growth model in combination with the Finite Element Method (FEM) to calculate fatigue …

The initiation and growth behavior of very long microstructurally short fatigue cracks formed
at circular holes is described. Very long here means cracks which are several millimeters or …

Microestructural fracture mechanics and numerical techniques are applied to study the
fatigue limit of components with notches of arbitrary form subjected to mode I loading. The …