Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • chapter 2 Ultrasonic Fatigue Concepts
  • chapter 3 Testing Machines and Their Performance
  • chapter 4S-N Curve and Fatigue Strength
  • chapter 5 Crack Growth and Threshold
  • chapter 6 Frequency and Environmental Effects
  • chapter 7 Microstructural Aspects and Damage to Materials in the Gigacycle Regime
  • chapter Appendix 1 Stress Calibration
  • chapter Appendix 2 Remarks on the Statistical Prediction
  • chapter References
  • chapter Listing of Materials Tested in Gigacycle Fatigue.