Author Description

Fatigue Testing and Analysis: Theory and Practice provides a summary of the experimental and analytical techniques that are essential to students and practicing engineers for conducting mechanical component design and testing for durability. Offering a valuable bridge between fatigue theory, research developments and practical application, the mixed industry and academic author team draw on their extensive automotive and aerospace experience to bring complex fatigue concepts to life with industrially-derived worked examples. With particularly strong coverage of data acquisition, test planning and practice, the book covers the most comprehensive methods to capture component load, to characterize the scatter of product fatigue resistance and loading, to perform fatigue damage assessment of a product, and to develop an accelerated life test plan for reliability target demonstration. This new edition includes coverage of the FKM guidelines, providing a detailed summary of the most powerful ultimate and fatigue strength prediction methods available today. It also features numerous new examples, expanded coverage of composite and non-metal fatigue, new content on real-time simulation, more statistical techniques for use in reliability calculations, and information on accelerated vibration test schedule development. Full coverage of fatigue theory and practice from data acquisition to analysis, with numerous industrially-derived examples included to demonstrate the main concepts included in each chapter. Expert author team combines industrial and academic experience, with particular expertise in automotive and aerospace component design and fatigue testing. This new edition includes coverage of the FKM guidelines, new examples covering composite and non-metal materials, new content on real-time simulation, and information on accelerated vibration test schedule development.