Understanding fatigue failure mechanisms, testing methods, and strategies to enhance material fatigue resistance is critical for engineers working to improve structural durability.

Fatigue curve slope (B). Based on regression analysis of the aforementioned research test data, the exponent B was found to be approximately 3.0. (More details can be found in NCHRP Report 286.

Exposure to current cutting-edge research that is changing the way the industry perceives and designs for fatigue and fracture of steel bridges Participants will receive hands-on experience with ...

This month, our topic is fatigue defect detection in steel. Fatigue defects are a common cause of failure of steel components that resist dynamic loads. For this reason, fitness for service ...