HOLD-TIMEEFFECTSINHIGH-TEMPERATURELOW-CYCLEFATIGUEALITERATURESURVEYANDINTERPRETIVEREPORTPreparedforTheMetalPropertiesCouncilbyE.KremplandB.M.WundtASTMSPECIALTECHNICALPUBLICATION489Listprice$4.7504-489000-30t)AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceStreet,Philadelphia,Pa.19103CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);MonDec2111:05:04EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.�9BYAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1971LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:71-152132NOTETheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.PrintedinAlpha,NewJerseySeptember1971CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);MonDec2111:05:04EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.FOREWORDTheMetalPropertiesCouncilSubcommitteeonFatiguesponsoredpreparationbyB.M.WundtofanextensiveBibliographyonLow-CycleFatigue.PublishedbyASTMin1968astheirSpecialTechnicalPublicationNo.449,thatsurveylistedover800refer-encesfortheyears1957through1967.Encouragedbyalarger-than-anticipateddemandforthatBibliography,theSubcommitteeisnowpromotingthepreparationandpublicationofsurveystellingthegeneralcontentoftheliteraturepertainingtoeachofseveralmajorfactorsaffectinglow-cycle[highstrain]fatiguebehavior.Thepresentreportsurveystheinfluenceofholdtimeonlow-cyclefatiguefailureatconstanttemperature.ItcoversmostofthepaperslistedunderSubject3ofthe1968Bibliography,togetherwithsomemore-recentpapers.AcknowledgementsThehelpfulcommentsofthemembersofMPCSubcommittee3,whoreviewedthedraftofthisreport,aregratefullyacknowledged:THEMETALPROPERTIESCOUNCILSubcommittee3-FatigueCurran,R.M.(Chairman)(GeneralElectricCompany)Baker,C.(ReynoldsMetalsCo.)Berry,W.R.(WestinghouseElectricCorp.)Bodzin,J.J.(DetroitEdisonCo.)Bradbury,T.G.(SteelCompanyofCanada)Epstein,S.G.(TheAluminumAssociation)Esztergar,E.P.(GulfGeneralAtomics)Fox,H.S.(Tennes...