Experimental Verifications of the applicability of the Wöhler Curve
Method for a low-cycle fatigue of metallic materials
Abstract
Recently, a description on a practicability of the Wöhler Curve Method
for LCF of metallic materials was given by Yan. By the description and
the low-cycle fatigue test data of 16MnR steel, it is important to
illustrate that, for LCF of the metallic material, such a way that a
“stress quantity” calculated based on the linear-elastic
analysis is taken to be the stress intensity parameter, S, to
establish a relationship between the stress intensity parameter,
S, and the fatigue life, N, is practicable. In this study, many
examples from the literature are given to illustrate that the Wöhler
Curve Method is well suitable for LCF analysis of metallic materials