MANUALONLOWCYCLEFATIGUETESTINGASTMSPECIALTECHNICALPUBLICATION465Listprice$12.50AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceStreet,Philadelphia,Pa.19103CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);FriJan122:56:17EST2016Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsa�9BYAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1969LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:70-97730SBN8031-0023-XNOTETheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.PrintedinBaltimore,Md.December1969CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);FriJan122:56:17EST2016Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.ForewordTheManualonLowCycleFatigueTestinghasbeencompiledbySubcommitteeVIIIonFatigueUnderCyclicStrainofASTMCommit-teeE-9onFatigue.TheeditorialworkwascoordinatedbyR.M.Wetzel,FordMotorCo.L.F.Coffin,Jr.,GeneralElectricCo.,ischairmanofSubcommitteeVIII.CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);FriJan122:56:17EST2016Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.NofurtherreproductionsauthoriRelatedASTMPublicationsFatigueCrackPropagation,STP415(1967),$30.00ElectronFractography,STP436(1968),$11.00BibliographyonLowCycleFatigue1957-1967(microfiche),STP449(1969),$3.00FatigueatHighTemperatureSTP459(1969)$11.25CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);FriJan122:56:17EST2016Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.ContentsFromtheViewpointofMechanicsofMaterialsMechanicsofMaterialsinLowCycleFatigueTesting--D.T.RASKEANDJODEANMORROW...............................................1FromtheViewpointofBasicMaterialsResearchBasicResearchontheCyclicDeformationandFractureBehaviorofMaterials--C.E.FELTNERANDM.R.MITCHELL..............................27FromtheViewpointofMaterialsEvaluationAxialLoadingMethodsI.ALowCycleFatigueTestingFaci...