ABSTRACT
Fatigue is known as the failure of a structural component under repeated loading. It can occur prematurely and reduce the life of a component considerably. There are three methods currently available for fatigue analysis: (1) the stress-life approach, (2) the strain-life approach, and (3) the fracture mechanics approach. This chapter briefly concentrates on the stress-life approach only. It is written to give the stress analyst a general idea of stresslife fatigue analysis. For a detailed fatigue analysis technique, a metal fatigue text or handbook is recommended.
