Abstract Metal 3D printing (3DP), a state-of-the-art manufacturing technology that brings the
potential to fabricate complex structures at low cost and reduced energy consumption, has …

The fatigue crack propagation threshold Δ K th is of paramount importance for any kind of
damage tolerant design, but in contrast to this importance, the determination and application …

Ability to predict the fatigue resistance of parts produced by additive manufacturing (AM) is a
very current and frequently relevant open issue. The qualification of AM structural parts often …

This study investigated the effects of the 'as-built'condition on the fatigue properties of an
AlSi 10 Mg aluminium alloy manufactured by Selective Laser Melting (SLM) in different …

According to the definition of the ASM handbook [[1],[3]], a defect is “an imperfection… that
can be shown to cause failure by a quantitative analysis and that would not have occurred in …

The paper gives an overview on safe life and damage tolerance methods applied to railway
axles. It describes failure scenarios due to fatigue crack initiation and propagation. Besides …

The problems arising as a result of aging aircraft, rail and civil infrastructure have focused
attention on tools for predicting the growth of cracks from small naturally occurring material …

Common fracture mechanics based fatigue considerations are usually limited to the residual
lifetime determination of so-called long cracks. The extension of this concept to the total …

The so-called cyclic R curve, ie the crack size dependence of the fatigue crack propagation
threshold in the physically short crack regime, is a key parameter for bringing together …

The book in hand presents advanced methods of brittle fracture and fatigue assessment. It
continues the expositions of two well-known reference works for designers of machines and …