Table of Contents

Preface ix About the Organizers xi

Aluminum

Improvement of Fatigue Properties of Cast Aluminum Alloy A3 56 by Warm Deformation 3
M. Roy, D. Maijer, and Y. Nadot

Role of Dispersoids on the Fatigue Behavior of Aluminum Alloys: A Review 11
R. Srinivasan and M. Imam

A Study on Fatigue Crack Closure Behavior in Aluminum Alloy 7075 T6 23
K. Masuda, S. Ishihara, Y. Tochikawa, A. McEvily, M. Ohane, and S. Nishino

Advanced Materials

Fatigue Behavior of Ultra-Fine Grained Ti-6A1-4V Alloy 33
R. Ebara, M. Endo, H. Kim, and J. Nakahigashi

Composites

Quasi-Static, Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Aluminum Alloy Composite Used in Brake Drums 55
K. Manigandan, T. Srivatsan, and T. Quick

Effect of Cobalt Content on Fatigue Lifetimes and Short Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Tungsten-Cobalt Cemented Carbides 77
H. Mikado, S. Ishihara, N. Oguma, K. Masuda, and S. Kawamura

Experimental and Numerical Studies on Multistage Strength Degradation in Notched Concrete Beams Under Repeated Loads: A Review 89
M. Nakano, Z. Shi, Y. Nakamura, C. Liu, and H. Tanaka

Strain Energy Diagram for Characterising Fatigue Behaviour in Structural Members and Machine Parts Subjected to Repeated Loads 107
Z. Shi, Y Nakamura, and M. Nakano

Ferrous Materials

Cyclic Strain Resistance, Deformation and Fracture Behavior of a Novel Alloy Steel 127
K. Manigandan, T. Srivatsan, V. Vasudevan, D. Tammana, and B. Poorbangi

Scanning Electron Microscopy of Hydrogen-Exposed 304 Stainless Steel Bending Fatigue Samples 147
M. Phillips, K. McLaughlin, D. Ojeda, E. Luna, M. Burke, P. Cruz, K. Featherstone, E. Petersen, and P. Ferro

Influence of Long Term Ageing on Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of P91 Steel at Different Temperatures 155
M. Babu, S. Swain, B. Dutt, S. Venugopal, and G. Sasikala

Multistage Strength Degradation in S25C Steel Under Torsional Cyclic Loading and Its Engineering Applications 169
Z. Shi, M. Nakano, and C. Liu

The Stress Controlled Cyclic Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Alloy Steel 300M 185
K. Manigandan, T. Srivatsan, G. Doll, and T. Quick

The Effects of Pre-Straining Conditions on Austenite Stability during Fatigue of Multiphase Trip Steels 205
A. Ly and K. Findley

Fatigue Characteristic of Medium Carbon Steel with Different Grain Structures 215
S. Abdulkareem, A. Abdulrahim, S. Talabi, and O. Amuda

Modeling

On the Role of Plasticity-Induced Fatigue Crack Closure in High-Strength Steels 227
J. Toribio and V. Kharin

Fatigue Life Prediction in Aluminum Alloy 2618-T6 Using a Paris Law Modification 239
A. Salas-Zamarripa, C. Pinna, M. Brown, M. Guerrero-Mata, M. Morales, and D. Ledezma-Ramirez

Fatigue Crack Growth in Pre-Stressing Steel Wires: Transient and Steady-State Regimes 251
J. Toribio, J. Matos, and B. Gonzalez

Evolution of Crack Aspect Ratio in Sheets Under Tension and Bending Cyclic Loading 263
J. Toribio, J. Matos, B. Gonzalez, and J. Escuadra

Author Index 273

Subject Index 275

About the Author

T. S. Srivatsan is the Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Akron. He received his graduate degrees [Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering (M.S. 1981) and Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D. 1984)] from Georgia Institute of Technology.

M. Ashraf Imam is a Research Metallurgist at Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) pursuing basic research on material structure-property relationship. He also holds the position of Adjunct Professor of Materials Science at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Imam obtained a D.Sc. degree in Materials Science from George Washington University and an M.S. from Carnegie-Mellon University in the field of Metallurgy and Materials Science.

R. Srinivasan is the Professor in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, is the Director of the Materials Science and Engineering Program at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. He received his PhD from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and his MS from the University of Florida, Gainesville, both in Materials Science and Engineering, after completing his bachelors degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.