HANDBOOKOFFATIGUETESTINGSponsoredbyASTMCommitteeE-9onFatigueASTMSPECIALTECHNICALPUBLICATION566S.RoySwanson,EditorListprice$17.2504-566000-30AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceStreet,Philadelphia,Pa.19103�9byAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALSLibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:74-83946NOTETheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.PrintedinBaltimore,Md,October1974ForewordIn1949CommitteeE-9onFatiguepublishedASTMSTP91,ManualofFatigueTesting.TheprojectleadingtoSTP91involvedthespecificwritingofeightmembersofE-9andthediscussionsandcriticismsofmembersofthemaincommitteeoveraperiodofthreeyears.STP91wasamodesteffortandsucceededinpresentingwhatwasthenconsideredtobethecurrentpracticeandviewsofE-9members.ThepresentHandbookofFatigueTestingistheculminationofanex-tensiveattempttosurveyanddocumentthebroadfacetsoffatiguetest-ing.SubjectmatterwasprovidedbyalargenumberofE-9memberstoaneditorialgroupinitiallyheadedbyFosterB.StulenandProfessorS.M.Marco,bothofwhomarenowdeceased.ConsolidationofthisinputhasbeencompletedundertheeditorshipofDr.S.RoySwanson,withsomemajorchangesinemphasis.Thereaderwillfindadefiniteattempttodiscussfatiguemachines,testtechniques,andassociatedequipmentthatcansatisfytherequirementsofamodernresearchpersonortestengineer.Moreoftenthannot,theirneedsreflectthedesiretotestmaterial,com-ponents,andstructuresunderconditionsthatclearlysimulateserviceloadingandenvironments.AsChairmanofCommitteeE-9,IamgratefulforthetimeandeffortthatDr.Swansonputintocompletingthishandbook.IamalsogratefultothoseindividualsspecificallycitedintheEditor'sbriefPreface.W.S.Hyler,ChairmanASTMCommitteeE-9onFatigueZeitschr.f.Bouwesen1860eDWApporatzurnProbirenderWiderstondsf~JhigkeityonWagen-AchsengegenwiederholteBiegungen.!!Ii:":~i"~WYW6hler'smachine3~brfatiguetestingofrailwayaxles.800600400Steelsuppliedin1862}sS:~rs~200,1J1104tO5Cycles1oFoilureWOhler'sS-NcurvesforKruppaxlesteel.IPrefaceThishandbookcontainscontributionsfromalargenumberofASTMCom...
