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Klappentext A selection of 32 papers presented at the fourth international conference on Biaxial/Multiaxial Fatigue. The papers are grouped together under four headings: mechanical behaviour of materials! low cycle fatigue! high cycle fatigue! and design. Zusammenfassung A selection of 32 papers presented at the fourth international conference on Biaxial/Multiaxial Fatigue. The papers are grouped together under four headings: mechanical behaviour of materials! low cycle fatigue! high cycle fatigue! and design. Inhaltsverzeichnis Behaviour: the contribution of micromechanical approaches to the modelling of inelastic behaviour of polycrystals; micromechanisms of plasticity under multilaxial cyclic loading; stacking fault energy and cyclic hardening FOC solid solutions undermultiaxial nonproportional loadings; yield surfaces and dislocation structures of the materials A1Mg3 and copper after biaxial cyclic plastic loadings; multiaxial behaviour of nickel base single crystals; multiaxial thermomechanical behaviour in alloys IN738 LC; calculation of notch strains for non-proportional cyclic loading using a structural yield surface; experimental study and phenomenologial modelization of uni- and multi-directional ratchet; a three-dimensional elastoplastic cyclic constitutive law with a semi-discrete variable and a ratchetting stress. Low cycle fatigue: high temperature multilaxial low cycle fatigue; experimental techniques for testing materials under multilaxial loading; comparison of the structure microcracking process in uniaxial and multiaxial fatigue; observation and modelling of transgranular and intergranular multilaxial low cycle fatigue damage of austenitic stainless steels; the effect of tension/torsion loading on low temperature dwell sensitive fatigue in titanium alloys; fatigue crack initiation and propagation in ductile steels under multiaxial loading; a non-local mixed-mode fracture initiation and propagation condition for monotonic and cyclic loading; a low-cycle fatigue damage cumulative rule for non-proportional loading; fatigue life evaluation of notched components under combined axial-torsional loading. High cycle fatigue: aspects of multiaxial fatigue; high cycle fatigue and inelasticity of metals; gradient dependent multiaxial high cycle fatigue criterion; fatigue life prediction of components by the use of multiaxial fatigue criterion; multiaxial fatigue under two stage block loading; a stochastic simulation model for the damage accumulation in thermal fatigue; high cycle torsion fatigue of ceramic materials under combined loading conditions (cyclic torsion and static compression). Design: fatigue assessment of components under complex loadings; probabilistic design methods for multiaxial high cycle fatigue; multiaxial fatigue assessment of automotive chassis components on the basis on finite element models; development of a general multiaxial fatigue criterion for high-cycle fatigue behaviour prediction; fatigue life prediction of components - an analysis of the different working steps; life prediction and high strain multiaxial fatigue of an engineering component; multiaxial random load fatigue - life prediction techniques and experiments. ...
