wsjSpring 08
ME/MSE/AE 7774 – Fundamentals of Fatigue
Instructors:
Prof. W. Steven Johnson, Rm 122 Bunger-Henry Bld.
steve.johnson@mse.gatech.edu
Place and time: Rm 184 Love Bld: 9:30 am to 11:00 am: Tues & Thur
Text: FATIGUE OF MATERIALS, 2nd Edition, by S. Suresh, Cambridge Press
FUNDAMENTALS OF METAL FATIGUE ANALYSIS, by Bannantine, Comer and
Handrock, Prentice Hall from Amazon.com: new $95, used $50
T. A.: Shelby Highsmith, Rm 116 Bunger-Henry Building, e-mail: gte182y@mail.gatech.edu
Course Outline
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Course Overview; History of Fatigue, Basic Mechanical Behavior (2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
Stress Life Response (Chap 1 & 7*)
Strain Life Response (Chap 2 & 8*)
Exam I
Fracture Mechanics / Crack Growth (Chap 3 & 9*)
Notch Root Analysis (Chap 4)
Variable Loading (Chap 5 & 14*)
Comparison of Methods (Chap 6)
Designing for Fatigue (Handouts), Fail-safe, Safe life, Damage Tolerant, Durability
Exam II
Fatigue Under Multiaxial Loading (Chap 7)
High Temperature Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue (Chap 16*)
Fatigue crack growth in brittle solids (Chap 11*)
Fatigue crack growth in noncrystalline solids (Chap 12*)
Contact fatigue: sliding, rolling and fretting (Chap 13*)
Small fatigue cracks, EIFS (Chap 15*)
Failure Analysis (various case studies)
Final Exam
*Indicate Chapters in the Suresh book
There will be numerous presentations on the application of fatigue methodology and current
research in the area. The emphasis in this course is on the practical application of knowledge to
accurately predict the safe usage life of structural components.
2 one-hour tests
Homework
Project
Final Exam
20% each
15%
15%
30%