Abstract: This paper reviews the capabilities of a plasticity-induced crack-closure model and life-prediction code, FASTRAN, to predict fatigue lives of metallic materials using small-crack theory. Crack-tip ...

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present stress-intensity factor influence coefficients for a wide range of semi-elliptical surface cracks on the inside or outside of a cylinder. The crack ...

Abstract: Stress concentration equations for straight shank and countersunk holes in a large plate subjected to various loading conditions encountered in service were developed from three-dimensional finite ...

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present stress-intensity factors for a wide range of semi-elliptical surface cracks on the inside of pressurized cylinders. The ratio of crack depth to crack ...

Abstract: A cold expansion process is used to prolong the fatigue life of a structure under cyclic loadings. The process produces a beneficial compressive residual stress zone in the hole vicinity, which ...