Abstract
Recently, the author specifically concerned with for low-cycle fatigue
(LCF) of metals. An attempt was made that the well-known Wöhler Curve
Method was used to perform LCF assessment of metals. From the author’s
study, it is sure that the Wöhler Curve Method is well suitable for LCF
life analysis of metals, in which the stress-based intensity
parameter calculation is on the basis the linear-elastic
analysis. In view of the fact that medium/high cycle fatigue lives of
metals is well calculated by the Wöhler Curve Method, thus from the
author’s study it appears to be possible that, for low/medium/high cycle
fatigue (LHCF) of metals, the Wöhler Curve Method is well suitable for
fatigue life assessment. This study specifically concern with such a
subject. By using a number of the fatigue test data of metals from the
literature, it has been proven that, in LHCF regime, the Wöhler Curve
Method and the generalized Wöhler Curve Method are well suitably used to
perform the fatigue life assessment of metals under uniaxial and
multiaxial loading, respectively.