内容简介
Inordertoapplythedamagetolerancedesignphilosophytodesignmarinestructures,accuratepredictionoffatiguecrackgrowthunderserviceconditionsisrequired.Now,moreandmorepeoplehaverealizedthatonlyafatiguelifepredictionmethodbasedonfatiguecrackpropagation(FCP)theoryhasthepotentialtoexplainvariousfatiguephenomenaobserved.Inthisbook,theissuesleadingtowardsthedevelopmentofaunifiedfatiguelifeprediction(UFLP)methodbasedonFCPtheoryareaddressed.BasedonthephilosophyoftheUFLPmethod,thecurrentinconsistencybetweenfatiguedesignandinspectionofmarinestructurescouldberesolved.Thisbookpresentsthestate-of-the-artandrecentadvances,includingthosebytheauthors,infatiguestudies.Itisdesignedtoleadthefuturedirectionsandtoprovideausefultoolinmanypracticalapplications.Itisintendedtoaddresstoengineers,navalarchitects,researchstaff,professionalsandgraduatesengagedinfatiguepreventiondesignandsurveyofmarinestructures,infatiguestudiesofmaterialsandstructures,inexperimentallaboratoryresearch,inplanningtherepairandmaintenanceofexistingstructures,andinruledevelopment.Thebookisalsoaneffectweeducationalaidinnavalarchitecture,marine,civilandmechanicalengineering.