Metal Fatigue in Engineering [Hardcover]

Ralph I. Stephens (Author), Ali Fatemi (Author), Robert R. Stephens (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1980 | ISBN-10: 0471052647 | ISBN-13: 978-0471052647 | Edition: 1

Applied Optimal Design Mechanical and Structural Systems Edward J. Haug & Jasbir S. Arora This computer-aided design text presents and illustrates techniques for optimizing the design of a wide variety of mechanical and structural systems through the use of nonlinear programming and optimal control theory. A state space method is adopted that incorporates the system model as an integral part of the design formulations. Step-by-step numerical algorithms are given for each method of optimal design. Basic properties of the equations of mechanics are used to carry out design sensitivity analysis and optimization, with numerical efficiency and generality that is in most cases an order of magnitude faster in digital computation than applications using standard nonlinear programming methods. 1979 Optimum Design of Mechanical Elements, 2nd Ed. Ray C. Johnson The two basic optimization techniques, the method of optimal design (MOD) and automated optimal design (AOD), discussed in this valuable work can be applied to the optimal design of mechanical elements commonly found in machinery, mechanisms, mechanical assemblages, products, and structures. The many illustrative examples used to explicate these techniques include such topics as tensile bars, torsion bars, shafts in combined loading, helical and spur gears, helical springs, and hydrostatic journal bearings. The author covers curve fitting, equation simplification, material properties, and failure theories, as well as the effects of manufacturing errors on product performance and the need for a factor of safety in design work. 1980 Globally Optimal Design Douglass J. Wilde Here are new analytic optimization procedures effective where numerical methods either take too long or do not provide correct answers. This book uses mathematics sparingly, proving only results generated by examples. It defines simple design methods guaranteed to give the global, rather than any local, optimum through computations easy enough to be done on a manual calculator. The author confronts realistic situations: determining critical constraints; dealing with negative contributions; handling power function; tackling logarithmic and exponential nonlinearities; coping with standard sizes and indivisible components; and resolving conflicting objectives and logical restrictions. Special mathematical structures are exposed and used to solve design problems. 1978

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From the Publisher

Presents methods proven successful in practice. Covers design procedures, such as safe-life, fail-safe, forecasting of service reliability, monitoring, and inspection; macroscopic and microscopic aspects of fatigue behavior; principles for determining fatigue crack growth and final fracture; scatter of data and statistical methods; environmental factors; and fatigue of joints and compounds. Contains design do's and don'ts and example problems.

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Drawing from the vast accumulation of research and design experience from 1860 to 1980, this book presents methods which have been proven successful in avoiding fatigue failure of metals. It achieves brevity by omitting interesting research results which have not yet led to practical applications. Data presented for many of the metals include not only traditional fatigue limits but also the more modern parameters derived from strain controlled tests and from crack propagation tests. Hard-to-find data information is provided on self (or residual) stresses produced by heat treating and shot peening, on crack propagation thresholds, and on the scatter found by investigators in their fatigue tests. The authors emphasize the importance of self-stresses and stress concentrations since these concepts provide a key to successful fatigue design. The methods for analysis and testing of products or components explained in this book range from the simplest to the most complex. They have all been used by practicing engineers. The advantages and disadvantages of the various methods are discussed so that engineers can make informed choices. "Dos and Don’ts in Design" follow most chapters. Example problems, in addition to more than 100 other problems and more than 300 references, enhance the book.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (June 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471052647
• ISBN-13: 978-0471052647
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,667,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great overview with engineering data!, May 5, 2003

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This review is from: Metal Fatigue in Engineering (Hardcover)

If there is a single book on *just* metal fatigue for your shelf, this is it. The treatment of material is rigorous without being too terse or long-winded. There's an enjoyable amount of real-world experience mixed in with the text: bits of highly relevant distilled information. Plus, there is data in the appendix that is difficult to find elsewhere (aluminum, etc).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Overview Sort of Text, February 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Metal Fatigue in Engineering (Hardcover)

There are a number of texts in this field. This one is by authors whose professional reputations are top notch. However, this book's strengths lie in their qualitative approach. It is a very good book for a short course, and introduction or overview, but for a graduate text I feel it falls short in that it is lacking in mathematics and too qualitative. That said, the illustrations of specific
types of fatigue are terrific. The thought process they use to think through a fatigue problem is very appropriate and a great approach to most problems. If you do forensics of fatigue
problems you want to create for yourself a catalog of failure modes photos and this shows you how to start. With great examples of a number of different types of failures.

Alternative texts for a more quantitative approach that I would
recommend, are Bannantine's and Comer's books for undergraduate
engineering students, or Norman Dowling's book for graduate students.

Still, I own the book and am glad I do. So I give it 3.5 stars.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Textbook, July 4, 2009

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This review is from: Metal Fatigue in Engineering (Hardcover)

This is an excellent textbook. It covers all of the basic aspects of metal fatigue and some topics that are left out of elementary texts; for instance, environmental effects, the fatigue of weldments and the statistical aspects of fatigue. The book begins with an excellent historical review of the subject, which contains capsule biographies of some of the most important contributors to the field. Both the stress and strain life approaches are covered, as are, crack nucleation and growth, the fatigue in notches, and variable amplitude loading. While the book is not primarily a source for fatigue data, it does contain some specific data. This book is not as detailed or comprehensive as Suresh's Fatigue of Materials, but it is, in my opinion, a much better choice as a textbook for use in a course (advanced undergraduate or graduate) on metal fatigue or as part of a course on the mechanical properties of materials. In fact, in my opinion it is currently the best choice as a textbook on the subject of fatigue.