THE DISCOVERY of fatigue occurred in the 1800s when several investigators in Europe observed that bridge and railroad components were cracking when subjected to repeated loading. As the century progressed and the use of metals expanded with the increasing use of machines, more and more failures of components subjected to repeated loads were recorded. | o VOLUME 19 FATIGUE AND FRACTURE ASM INTERNATIONAL Publication Information and Contributors Fatigue and Fracture was published in 1996 as Volume 19 of ASM Handbook. The Volume was prepared under the direction of the ASM International Handbook Committee. Authors and Contributors PETER ANDRESEN GENERAL ELECTRIC BRUCE ANTOLOVICH METALLURGICAL RESEARCH CONSULTANTS INC. STEPHEN D. ANTOLOVICH WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY S. BECKER NACO TECHNOLOGIES C. QUINTON BOWLES UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI DAVID BROEK FRACTURESEARCH ROBERT BUCCI ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER DAVID CAMERON . CARPENTER NACO TECHNOLOGIES KWAI S. CHAN SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE HANS-JÜRGEN CHRIST UNIVERSTÄT-GH-SIEGEN YIP-WAH CHUNG NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY JACK CRANE JEFF CROMPTON EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE DAVID L. DAVIDSON SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE . DIMITRAKIS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA NORMAN E. DOWLING VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE DARLE W. DUDLEY ANTHONY G. EVANS HARVARD UNIVERSITY MORRIS FINE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY RANDALL GERMAN PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY WILLIAM A. GLAESER BATTELLE J. KAREN GREGORY TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH TODD GROSS UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PARMEET S. GROVER GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY B. CARTER HAMILTON GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MARK HAYES THE CENTRE FOR SPRING TECHNOLOGY DAVID W. HOEPPNER UNIVERSITY OF UTAH STEPHEN J. HUDAK JR. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE R. SCOTT HYDE TIMKEN RESEARCH CENTER R. JOHANSSON AVESTA SHEFFIELD AB STEVE JOHNSON GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TARSEM JUTLA CATERPILLAR INC. MITCHELL KAPLAN WILLIS AND KAPLAN INC. GERHARDUS H. KOCH CC TECHNOLOGIES GEORGE KRAUSS COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES JOHN D. LANDES UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RONALD W. LANDGRAF VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FRED LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA BRIAN LEIS BATTELLE COLUMBUS JOHN LEWANDOWSKI CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY . LIAW UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE JOHN W. LINCOLN WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE ALAN LIU ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER RETIRED PETR
