STP1092ApplicationsofAutomationTechnologytoFatigueandFractureTestingArthurA.Braun,NoelE.Ashbaugh,andFraserM.Smith,editorsAsT1916RaceStreetPhiladelphia,PA19103CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);WedDec2318:47:34EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataApplicationsofautomationtechnologytofatigueandfracturetesting/ArthurA.Braun,NoelE.Ashbaugh,andFraserM.Smith,editors.(STP:1092)PaperspresentedatasymposiumheldinKansasCity,Missouri,22-23May1989,sponsoredbyASTMCommitteesE9onFatigueandE24onFractureTesting."ASTMpublicationcodenumber(PCN)04-010920-30"--T.p.verso.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-8031-1401-X1.Materials--Fatigue--Testing--Congresses.2.Materials--Fracture--Testing--Congresses.I.Braun,ArthurA.,1953-.II.Ashbaugh,NoelE.,1940-III.Smith,FraserM.,1959-IV.ASTMCommitteeE9onFatigue.V.ASTMCommitteeE24onFractureTesting.VI.Series:ASTMspecialtechnicalpublication;1092.TA418.38.A66199090-43922620.1'12~-dc20CIPCopyright�91990bytheAmericanSocietyforTestingandMaterials.Allrightsreserved�9Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.NOTETheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.PeerReviewPolicyEachpaperpublishedinthisvolumewasevaluatedbythreepeerreviewers.Theauthorsaddressedallofthereviewers"commentstothesatisfactionofboththetechnicaleditor(s)andtheASTMCommitteeonPublications.Thequalityofthepapersinthispublicationreflectsnotonlytheobviouseffortsoftheauthorsandthetechnicaleditor(s),butalsotheworkofthesepeerreviewers.TheASTMCommitteeonPublicationsacknowledgeswithappreciationtheirdedicationandcontributionoftimeandeffortonbehalfofASTM.PrintedinAnnArbor,MINovember1990CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);WedDec2318:47:34EST2...