M. Breitenberger

TL;DR: In this article, the required fatigue strength (RFS) is defined as the knee point of the calculated Woehler line with defined slopes and cycle position of the knee points.

TL;DR: In this article, the current state of the art regarding salt-corrosion fatigue behaviour, especially under spectrum loading, for forged, cast and welded aluminium vehicle safety components of the material families 5000, 6000, 42000 and 43000 was presented.

TL;DR: In this article , the current state of the art regarding salt-corrosion fatigue behaviour, especially under spectrum loading, for forged, cast and welded aluminium vehicle safety components of the material families 5000, 6000, 42000 and 43000 was presented.

TL;DR: In this article , a fatigue life assessment based on field test is applied to a multipiece wheel that experienced an unexpected crack development in a critical section, together with rainflow counting method and Palmgren-Miner rule for the total damage evaluation.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors compare two methods for transforming a stress or load spectrum into a damage equivalent constant amplitude loading, i.e. the modified equivalent stress (MES) and the required fatigue strength (RFS) concepts.