This paper presents an assessment of recent literature on the mechanistic understanding of
fatigue crack nucleation and the associated modelling techniques employed. In particular …

Recent trends towards simulation of the cyclic slip behavior of polycrystalline and polyphase
microstructures of advanced engineering alloys subjected to cyclic loading are facilitating …

A series of microstructurally-differing, large-grained, notched, polycrystal BCC ferritic steel
bend test samples have been analysed to extract the experimentally observed sites of …

The synergetic effect of shot peening (SP) and laser shot peening (LSP) on the fatigue
behavior of a medium carbon steel was investigated. A fatigue life transition was observed in …

To quantify the effects of interactions between various microstructure attributes on fatigue life
in the high cycle fatigue (HCF) regime, we have proposed a new microstructure-sensitive …

Fatigue crack nucleation in polycrystal ferritic steel is investigated through experimental
observation of multiple large-grained, notched, four-point bend tests combined with explicit …

The number of cycles required to form and grow microstructurally small fatigue cracks in
metals exhibits substantial variability, particularly for low applied strain amplitudes. This …

Assessing the size of representative volume elements (RVEs) for fatigue-related
applications is challenging. A RVE relevant to random microstructure requires a volume of …

Small fatigue crack initiation behaviour in a series of specimens containing different sizes of
micro-notch has been observed through RepliSet system during interrupted low cycle …

The dynamics of deformation localization and dislocation channel formation were
investigated in situ in a neutron-irradiated AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel and a model …