PreparedbyCommitteeE-9onFatigueAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGMATERIALS1949Reg.U.S.Pat.Off.SpecialTechnicalPublicationNo.91PublishedbyAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGMATERIALS1916RaceSt.,Philadelphia3,Pa,MANUALONFATIGUETESTINGCopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);FriDec1815:18:32EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.NOTE.—TheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.PrintedinBaltimore,Md.,U.S.A.December,1949COPYRIGHT,1949BYTHEAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGMATERIALSCopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);FriDec1815:18:32EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.NofurtherreproductionsauthoCONTENTSSECTIONPAGEIIntroduction1IISymbolsandNomenclatureforFatigueTesting3IIIFatigueTestingMachines6IVSpecimensandTheirPreparation30VTestProcedureandTechnique38VIPresentationofFatigueData66VIIInterpretationofFatigueData77VIIIBibliography806CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);FriDec1815:18:32EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.PERSONNELOFCOMMITTEEE-9ONFATIGUESoope.—Theformulationofmethodsforthedeterminationoffatiguecharacteristicsofsimpleandcompositematerials,components,andprocessedparts;thepromotionresearchinthesefields;andthecoordinationofsuchSocietyactivitiesconductedbyothertechnicalcommittees.CHAIRMAN:R.E.PETERSON,WestinghouseElectricCorp.,ResearchLabs.,EastPitts-burgh,Pa.SECRETARY:O.J.HORGER,TheTimkenRollerBearingCo.,RailwayDiv.,Canton6,Ohio.TOTALMEMBERSHIP(34)AlleghenyLudlumSteelCorp.:C.M.SheridanAlmen,J.O.(seeGeneralMotorsCorp.)AmericanChainandCableCo.,Inc.:W.B.Lashar.Jr.Barnes-Gibson-Raymond,DivisionofAsso-ciatedSpringCorp.:F.P.ZimmerliBland.R.B.(seeNat.AdvisoryCommitteeforAeronautic*)Blank,A../.(seeChaseBrass&CopperCo.)ChaseBrassandCopperCo.,Inc.:A.I.BlankCode,C.J.(P.R.R.)Dolan,T.J.(Univ.of111.)DowChemicalCo.,The:O.H.FoundFind...