This volume contains the results of the third phase (1981 - 1987) of a research programme on the in-service behaviour of welded marine structures under fatigue and corrosion fatigue loading. The programme was undertaken in six EEC countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, United Kingdom) in close association with similar work being undertaken in Norway and Canada. In all, more than 40 research laboratories have been involved in an overall collaboration aimed at generating information relevant to the performance of offshore steel structures and fostering a precise degree of common technical understanding that will encourage the increased use of structural steel fabrications for the exploitation of offshore hydrocarbon reserves throughout the world. The programme has already produced tangible benefits for both the steel and oil industries through the contribution it has made to a better understanding of the behaviour of steel structures in marine environments as well as by providing the data necessary for the revision of codes of practice relating to the fabrication of these structures.

Product Description: In 1979 the first InternationalSymposium on Low CycleFatigue and Elasto-Plastic Behaviour of Materials was held in Stuttgart, FRG. Since then research in low cycle fatigue has proceeded rapidly. The vital interest of engineers and researchers in communicating the rapid advances in the ongoing research in low cycle fatigue has encouraged me to initiate again the Second International Conference which was held in Munich, FRG, 7-11 September 1987...read more

Product Description: About 35 years ago, thermal fatigue was identified as an important phenomenon which limited the lifetime of high temperature plant. In the intervening years many investigations have been carried out, primarily to give guidance on likely endurance (especially in the presence of time­ dependent deformation) but latterly, with the introduction of sophisticated testing machines, to provide knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of failure...read more

Product Description: Local approaches of fatigue assessment have become an indispensable design tool for the layout and dimensioning of welded structures. This book reviews the available local approaches, the hot spot structural stress approach, the notch stress and strain approach, and the fracture mechanics approach...read more

Product Description: This work is an English translation of the original Japanese, first published in 1993, but with extra chapters on fatigue failure of steels and the effect of surface roughness on fatigue strength. The first part of this book includes a concise explanation of metal fatigue...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: comprehensive coverage of both the "how" and "why" of metal failures Metal Failures gives engineers the intellectual tools and practical understanding needed to analyze failures from a structural point of view. Its proven methods of examination and analysis enable investigators to: Reach correct, fact-based conclusions on the causes of metal failures Present and defend these conclusions before highly critical bodies Suggest design improvements that may prevent future failures Analytical methods presented include stress analysis, fracture mechanics, fatigue analysis, corrosion science, and nondestructive testing...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Erosive and Abrasive Wear contains fully peer-reviewed papers presented at the Ninth International Conference on erosion by liquid and solid impact formerly known as ELSI and now parading under the five initials of ICEAW (International Conference on Erosion, Abrasion and Wear) so as to reflect the growing interest in the scientific community in abrasion...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Understanding How Components Fail, 2nd Ed If you are involved in failure analysis, this is the practical book you need. Basic principles and practices are clearly explained, with numerous examples featuring commonly used metals, parts, and service environments...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Providing a working knowledge of fatigue and fracture properties in actual engineering practice, this Handbook is especially valuable in evaluating test data and knowing the key variables that affect results. It will also give you a better understanding of fracture mechanics to aid you in life assessment and life extension of components...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A three-volume compilation of experimental data on fatigue strength of various metallic materials and related information. Over 3000 case studies of S-N type fatigue data of ferrous and nonferrous metals are included, presented both numerically and in S-N diagrams and/or P-N diagrams...read more

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Product Description: This one volume consolidates fatigue data on aluminum, magnesium, and titanium alloys in a single, comprehensive source. You get over 500 tables and figures that cover much of the known S-N fatigue information for common light structural alloys...read more

Product Description: An Introduction to Fatigue in Metals and Composites provides a balanced treatment of the phenomenon of fatigue in metals, nonmetals and composites with polymeric, metallic and ceramic matrices. The applicability of the safe life philosophy of design is examined for each of the materials...read more