1. Scope

1.1 This terminology contains definitions, definitions of terms specific to certain standards, symbols, and abbreviations approved for use in standards on fatigue and fracture testing. The definitions are preceded by two lists. The first is an alphabetical listing of symbols used. (Greek symbols are listed in accordance with their spelling in English.) The second is an alphabetical listing of relevant abbreviations.

1.2 This terminology includes Annex A1 on Units and Annex A2 on Designation Codes for Specimen Configuration, Applied Loading, and Crack or Notch Orientation.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

E6 Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical Testing

E23 Test Methods for Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials

E28 Test Methods for Softening Point of Resins Derived from Naval Stores by Ring-and-Ball Apparatus

E208 Test Method for Conducting Drop-Weight Test to Determine Nil-Ductility Transition Temperature of Ferritic Steels

E338 Test Method of Sharp-Notch Tension Testing of High-Strength Sheet Materials

E399 Test Method for Linear-Elastic Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness K Ic of Metallic Materials

E436 Test Method for Drop-Weight Tear Tests of Ferritic Steels

E467 Practice for Verification of Constant Amplitude Dynamic Forces in an Axial Fatigue Testing System

E468 Practice for Presentation of Constant Amplitude Fatigue Test Results for Metallic Materials

E561 Test Method for K-R Curve Determination

E602 Test Method for Sharp-Notch Tension Testing with Cylindrical Specimens

E604 Test Method for Dynamic Tear Testing of Metallic Materials

E606 Practice for Strain-Controlled Fatigue Testing

E647 Test Method for Measurement of Fatigue Crack Growth Rates

E739 Practice for Statistical Analysis of Linear or Linearized Stress-Life (S-N) and Strain-Life (-N) Fatigue Data

E740 Practice for Fracture Testing with Surface-Crack Tension Specimens

E813 Test Method for JIc, A Measure of Fracture Toughness

E992 Practice for Determination of Fracture Toughness of Steels Using Equivalent Energy Methodology

E1049 Practices for Cycle Counting in Fatigue Analysis

E1152 Test Method for Determining-J-R-Curves

E1221 Test Method for Determining Plane-Strain Crack-Arrest Fracture Toughness, KIa, of Ferritic Steels

E1290 Test Method for Crack-Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) Fracture Toughness Measurement

E1304 Test Method for Plane-Strain (Chevron-Notch) Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials

E1450 Test Method for Tension Testing of Structural Alloys in Liquid Helium

E1457 Test Method for Measurement of Creep Crack Growth Times in Metals

E1681 Test Method for Determining Threshold Stress Intensity Factor for Environment-Assisted Cracking of Metallic Materials

E1737 Test Method for J-Integral Characterization of Fracture Toughness

E1820 Test Method for Measurement of Fracture Toughness

E1921 Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range

E1942 Guide for Evaluating Data Acquisition Systems Used in Cyclic Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Testing

E2207 Practice for Strain-Controlled Axial-Torsional Fatigue Testing with Thin-Walled Tubular Specimens

E2208 Guide for Evaluating Non-Contacting Optical Strain Measurement Systems

E2298 Test Method for Instrumented Impact Testing of Metallic Materials

E2443 Guide for Verifying Computer-Generated Test Results Through The Use Of Standard Data Sets

E2472 Test Method for Determination of Resistance to Stable Crack Extension under Low-Constraint Conditions

E2714 Test Method for Creep-Fatigue Testing

E2760 Test Method for Creep-Fatigue Crack Growth Testing

G15 Terminology Relating to Corrosion and Corrosion Testing

Keywords

fatigue; fracture;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 01.040.19 (Testing (Vocabularies)); 19.060 (Mechanical testing)

DOI: 10.1520/E1823-12C

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