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Theory
Lifepredictionforfatiguecrackswasmadeverymucheasierandfarmorequantitative,inthe1960'swhenParis[1]postulatedthat
therangeofstressintensityfactormightcharacterisesubcriticalcrackgrowthunderfatigueloadinginthesamewaythatK
characterisedcritical,orfastfracture.Heexaminedanumberofalloysandrealisedthatplotsofcrackgrowthrateagainstrangeof
stressintensityfactorgavestraightlinesonloglogscales.Thisimpliesthat:

Forthefirsttime,itbecamepossibletomakeaquantitativepredictionofresiduallifeforacrackofacertainsize.Thissimply
requiredfindinglimitsontheintegrationintermsofcracksize,whichcouldbedonebyfindingthefinalsizewhichcausedfast
fracturefromtherelationshipbetweenfracturetoughnessandcracksize:

SeparationofthevariablesaandNandsubstitutionfortherangeofstressintensitybytheequivalentequationintermsofstress
andcracksizegives:

Itwaslaterrealisedthatthissocalled'law'appliedtogrowthratesintherangeofperhaps103 mm/cycleto106 mm/cycle,andthat


thefatiguecrackgrowthratecurvewassigmoidalinshapewhengrowthlowerandhigherthanthisrangewereincluded.Typical
dataforaustemperedductileironinair,asafunctionofstressratio(minimumstressincycledividedbymaximumstressincyclea
measureofmeanstressinthefatiguecycle)isshowninthefigurebelow.

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Thelowergrowthrateregionistermedthethresholdregime,becausegrowthratesdropoffsteeplyandthecrackbecomes
essentiallynonpropagating.Thisrepresentsachangeinmechanismfromdoubleshearcontinuumgrowthtosingleshearnon
continuumgrowth.Thehighergrowthrateregimeiswherevaluesofmaximumstressintensityinthefatiguecyclearetending
towardsthefracturetoughnessandstaticmodesoffracture(cleavage,intergranular)areaddingtothefatigueinducedgrowth
rates.
TheParislawremainsaveryusefulrelationship,however,becauseitcoverstherangeofgrowthratesmostusefultoengineering
structures,andbecauseanextrapolationintothethresholdregimegivesaconservativeestimatefortheremaininglife.This
developmentwascrucialtotheadoptionofdefecttoleranceconceptsandtheimplementationofaretirementforcausephilosophy.
Furtherinformationfromsomeearlypapersdealingwithcharacterisationoffatiguecrackgrowthratesinfracturemechanicsterms
canbefoundinreferences2to6.Thereareanumberofmoderntextswhichdealwithfatigue,andausefulstartingpointis
reference7.
References:
1.PParisandFErdogan(1963),Acriticalanalysisofcrackpropagationlaws,JournalofBasicEngineering,Transactionsof
theAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers,December1963,pp.528534.
2.TCLindley,CERichardsandRORitchie(1976),Mechanicsandmechanismsoffatiguecrackgrowthinmetals:areview,
MetallurgiaandMetalForming,September1976,pp.268280.
3.JSchijve(1978),Fourlecturesonfatiguecrackgrowth,EngineeringFractureMechanics,Vol.11No.1pp.169206.
4.RPWei(1978),Fracturemechanicsapproachtofatigueanalysisindesign,JournalofEngineeringMaterialsand
Technology,April1978,Vol.100,pp.113120.
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5.RORitchie(1980),Applicationoffracturemechanicstofatigue,corrosionfatigueandhydrogenembrittlement,Analytical
andExperimentalFractureMechanics,ProceedingsoftheInternationalConferenceheldinRome,June1980,GCShih
(editor),SijthoffandNordhoff.
6.RJAllen,GSBoothandTJutla(1988),Areviewoffatiguecrackgrowthcharacterisationbylinearelasticfracture
mechanics(LEFM)Parts1and2,FatigueandFractureofEngineeringMaterialsandStructures,Vol.11No.1pp.4569and
No.2p.71108.
7.SSuresh(1998),FatigueofMaterials2ndedition,CambridgeUniversityPress,Cambridge,England.
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