A new energy-critical plane parameter for fatigue life assessment of various metallic materials subjected to in-phase and out-of-phase multiaxial fatigue loading conditions

A new multiaxial fatigue parameter for in-phase and out-of-phase straining is proposed. The parameter proposed is the sum of the normal energy range and the shear energy range calculated for the critical plane on which the stress and strain Mohr's circles are the largest during the loading and unloading parts of a cycle. The normal and shear energies used in this parameter are divided by the tensile and shear fatigue properties, respectively. The proposed parameter, unlike many other parameters, does not use an empirical fitting factor. The proposed parameter successfully correlates multiaxial fatigue lives for: (a) various in-phase and out-of phase multiaxial fatigue straining conditions, (b) tests in which a mean stress was applied normal to the maximum shear plane, and (c) out-of-phase tests in which there was additional hardening. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.