STP1337EffectsofProductQualityandDesignCriteriaonStructuralIntegrityR.C.RiceandD.E.Tritsch,EditorsASTMStock#:STP1337ASTM100BarrHarborDriveWestConshohocken,PA19428-2959PrintedintheU.S.A.CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);SatDec2613:30:18EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataEffectsofproductqualityanddesigncriteriaonstructuralintegrity/R.C.RiceandD.E.Tritsch,editors.(STP:1337)"ASTMStockNumber:STP1337."ProceedingsoftheSymposiumonEffectsofProductQualityandDesignonStructuralIntegrity,heldMay5,1997,inSt.Louis,Mo.,sponsoredbyASTMCommitteeE8onFatigueandFracture.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-8031-2485-61.Materials-Fatigue-Congresses.2.Structuralstability-Congresses.3.Structuraldesign-Congresses.I.Rice,RichardC.I1.Tritsch,D.E.(DouglasE.),1957-.III.ASTMCommitteeE-8onFatigueandFracture.IV.SymposiumonEffectsofProductQualityandDesignonStructuralIntegrity(1997:SaintLouis,Mo.)V.Series:ASTMspecialtechnicalpublication:1337.TA409.E341998624.1'7-dc2198-45739CIPCopyright�91998AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS,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/.PeerReviewPolicyEachpaperpublishedinthisvolumewasevaluatedbytwopeerreviewersandatleastoneedi-tor.Theauthorsaddressedallofthereviewers'commentstothesatisfactionofboththetechnicaleditor(s)andtheASTMCommitteeonPublications.Tomaketechnicalinformationavailable...