Carpinteri A., de Freitas M., Spagnoli A. (editors).
Oxford, UK, Elsevier Science Ltd., 2003. 522 p.The papers in the present book deal with theoretical, numerical and experimental aspects of the multiaxial fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and structures. They are divided into the following six sections:(1) Multiaxial Fatigue of Welded Structures (4 papers);
(2) High Cycle Multiaxial Fatigue (3 papers);
(3) Non-Proportional and Variable-Amplitude hading (5 papers);
(4) Defects, Notches, Crack Growth (7 papers);
(5) Low Cycle Multiaxial Fatigue (4 papers);
(6) Applications and Testing Methods (2 papers).This book presents recent world advances in the field of multiaxial fatigue and fracture. It is the result of co-operation between many researchers from different laboratories, universities and industries in a number of countries, As is well-known, most of engineering components and structures in the mechanical, aerospace, power generation and other industries are subjected to multiaxial loading during their service life. One of the most difficult tasks in design against fatigue and fracture is to translate the information gathered from uniaxial fatigue and fracture tests on engineering materials into applications involving complex states of cyclic stress-strain conditions.
