1.) Introduction
2.) Fatigue loads and stresses
3.) Structural behaviour under cyclic loads
- Structural behaviour under constant amplitude loading
- Influence factors on fatigue strength
- Material behaviour under contant amplitude loading
- Special aspects of welded joints
- Structural behaviour under variable amplitude loading
4.) Life prediction based on the S-N approach
- Damage accumulation hypotheses
- nominal stress approach
- structural stress approach
- notch stress approach
- notch strain approach
- numerical analyses
5.) Life prediction based on the crack propagation
- basic relationships in fracture mechanics
- description of crack propagation
- numerical analysis
- safety against unstable fracture