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M. Kurek et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 37 (2016) 221-227; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.37.29 222 F ATIGUE STRENGTH EVALUATION enerally, the estimation of fatigue strength consists of several stages. The first step includes measurement, generation or calculation of the stress tensor components according to the following equations, in the case of biaxial fatigue (for example, cyclic bending and torsion): ) ( sin )( t t a xx     (1) ) ( sin )(       t t a xy (2) where )( t xx  refers to stress induced by bending, and )( t xy  refers to torsion-induced stress. Further: -  a  amplitude of normal stress induced by bending; -  a  amplitude of shear stress induced by torsion; -   pulsation; -   phase shift; -  t time. Then, the following step involves the computation of the critical plane orientation, which can be performed by using one of three established methods: weight functions, damage accumulation, variance. One damage accumulation method to determine the critical plane is that proposed by Carpinteri et al. [3], according to which the normal to the critical plane is defined by the angle  :                  45 1 1 2 3 2 2 B  (3) measured with respect to the direction of the maximum normal stress, and being: af af B    2 (4) where af  and af  are the fatigue limits for fully-reversed bending and torsion, respectively. As far as the multiaxial fatigue criteria based on the critical plane concept are concerned, Macha [2] formulated the criterion of maximum normal and shear stress in fracture plane for random loading, which can be generalised for different loading conditions. The general form can be written as follows: )( )( )( t K t B t s eq        (5) where KB , are constants used for a specific criterion form [4], )( t   is the normal stress and )( t s   is the shear stress, both acting on the critical plane:       2 sin)( cos )( )( 2 t t t xy xx   (6)       2 cos )( 2 sin)( 2 1 )( t t t xy xx s   (7) where G

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