STP1296FatigueandFractureMechanics:27thVolumeRobertS.Piascik,JamesC.Newman,Jr.,andNormanE.Dowling,EditorsASTMPublicationCodeNumber(PCN):04-012960-30ASTM100BarrHarborDriveWestConshohocken,PA19428-2959PrintedintheU.S.A.CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);WedDec2319:36:15EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.NofurtherreproductionsaISBN:0-8031-2412-0PCN:04-012960-30ISSN:1040-3094Copyright�91997AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS,WestConshohocken,PA.Allrightsreserved.Thismaterialmaynotbereproducedorcopied,inwholeorinpart,inanyprinted,mechanical,electronic,film,orotherdistributionandstoragemedia,withoutthewrittenconsentofthepublisher.PhotocopyRightsAuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternal,personal,oreducationalclassroomuse,ortheinternal,personal,oreducationalclassroomuseofspecificclients,isgrantedbytheAmericanSocietyforTestingandMaterials(ASTM)providedthattheappropriatefeeispaidtotheCopyrightClearanceCenter,222RosewoodDrive,Danvers,MA01923;Tel:508-750-8400;online:http://www.copyright.com/.PeerReviewPolicyEachpaperpublishedinthisvolumewasevaluatedbytwopeerreviewersandatleastoneeditor.Theauthorsaddressedallofthereviewers'commentstothesatisfactionofboththetechnicaleditor(s)andtheASTMCommitteeonPublications.Thequalityofthepapersinthispublicationreflectsnotonlytheobviouseffortsoftheauthorsandthetechnicaleditor(s),butalsotheworkofthepeerreviewers.TheASTMCommitteeonPublicationsacknowledgeswithappreciationtheirdedicationandcontributionoftimeandeffortonbehalfofASTM.PrintedinAnnArbor,MIApril1997CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);WedDec2319:36:15EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.ForewordTheTwenty-SeventhInternationalSymposiumonFatigueandFractureMechanicswasheldinWilliamsburg,Virginiaon26-29June1995.ThesponsoroftheeventwasASTMCommitteeE-08onFatigueandFracture.ThesymposiumchairmanwasRobertS.Piascik,NASALangleyRe...