Gain an understanding of the fretting fatigue phenomenon and fordeveloping fretting fatigue design. Fretting is well known todegrade fatigue strength significantly. Fretting fatigue failurehas been increasingly disclosed in service components because thosecomponents have suffered more severe loading conditions than beforedue to the demands of save-energy and environment-preservation.
Twenty-nine peer-reviewed papers cover:
Fretting in Steel Ropes and Cablereviews the topic.
Fretting Wear and Crack Nucleationcovers the process offretting crack nucleation under fretting wear through both detailedin-situ observations and mechanical models, which included not onlyfracture mechanics but also interface mechanics.
Fretting Fatigue Crack and Damagediscusses frettingfatigue crack propagation under mixed mode, based on the fracturemechanics approach.
Life Predictionaddresses fretting fatigue lifeestimations, based on various approaches including fracturemechanics, notch fatigue analysis and multiaxial fatigueparameters.
Fretting Fatigue Parameter Effectscovers effects ofparameters that influence fretting fatigue behavior and strength,including contact pressure, friction coefficient, contact padgeometry, and mating material.
Loading Condition and Environmentaddresses the effect ofloading conditions including block loading, high frequency andservice loading.
Titanium Alloysdiscusses titanium alloys, which havebeen typically used for structural components suffering frettingfatigue, such as turbine components and bio-joints, due to theirlightweight as well as excellent corrosion resistance.
Surface Treatmentdeals with improvements of frettingfatigue strength by using coating techniques.
Case Studies and Applicationsintroduces case studies onelectrical cables, dovetail joints, pin joints and rollers.
This volume is a valuable resource for engineers that need todevelop an understanding of fretting fatigue and also serves thefretting fatigue community including both newcomers and those thathave been involved for some time.