Technical Publications associated with the MURI Program

Papers in Archival Journals and Refereed Proceedings

1. R. O. Ritchie, "Small Cracks and High-Cycle Fatigue", in Proceedings of the ASME Aerospace Division, J. C. I. Chang, et al., eds., AMD-Vol. 52,
    American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY, 1996, pp. 321-333.

2. A. E. Giannakopoulos and S. Suresh, "A Three-Dimensional Analysis of Fretting Fatigue", Acta Materialia, vol. 46 (1), Dec. 1997, pp. 177-192.

3. J. W. Hutchinson and V. Tvergaard, "Edge-Cracks in Single Crystals under Monotonic and Cyclic Loads", International Journal of Fracture, 1999,
    in press.

4. J. M. Morgan and W.W. Milligan: "A 1 kHz Servohydraulic Fatigue Testing System", in High Cycle Fatigue of Structural Materials, W. O. Soboyejo
    and T. S. Srivatsan, eds, TMS-AIME, Warrendale PA, 1997, pp. 305-312.

5. *D. L. Davidson, A. Nagy, and T. S. Owen:  "A 2 kHz SEM Loading Stage", in High Cycle Fatigue of Structural Materials, W. O. Soboyejo and T.
     S. Srivatsan, eds, TMS-AIME, Warrendale PA, 1997, pp. 263-268.

6. A. J. McEvily and R. O. Ritchie: "Crack Closure and the Fatigue-Crack Propagation Threshold as a Function of Load Ratio", Fatigue and Fracture of
    Engineering Materials and Structures, vol. 21 (7), 1998, pp. 847-855.

7. A. E. Giannakopoulos, T. C. Lindley, and S. Suresh, "Aspects of Equivalence between Contact Mechanics and Fracture Mechanics: Theoretical
    Connections and a Life-Prediction Methodology for Fretting-Fatigue", Acta Materialia, vol. 46, 1998, pp. 2955-2968.

8. R. O. Ritchie, B. L. Boyce, J. P. Campbell, and O. Roder, "High-Cycle Fatigue of Turbine Engine Alloys", Proceedings of the 24th Symposium on
    Fatigue, The Society of Materials Science, Kyoto, Japan, 1998, pp. 1-6.

9. B. U. Wittkowsky, P. R. Birch, J. Dominguez, and S. Suresh, “An Apparatus for Quantitative Fretting Fatigue Testing”, Fatigue and Fracture of
    Engineering Materials and Structures, vol. 22 (4), 1999, pp. 307- 320.

10. B. L. Boyce, J. P. Campbell, O. Roder, A. W. Thompson, W. W. Milligan, and R. O. Ritchie, "Thresholds for High-Cycle Fatigue in a Turbine
      Engine Ti-6Al-4V Alloy", International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 21 (7), 1999, pp. 653-662.

11. S. A. Padula II, A. Shyam, R. O. Ritchie, and W. W. Milligan, "High Frequency Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior of a Nickel-Base Turbine Disk
      Alloy", International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 21 (7), 1999, pp. 725-731.

12. B. L. Boyce, J. P. Campbell, and O. Roder, A. W. Thompson, and R. O. Ritchie, "Aspects of High-Cycle Fatigue Performance in a Ti-6Al-4V
      Alloy", in Fatigue Behavior of Titanium Alloys, R. Boyer, D. Eylon, J. P. Gallagher, and G. Lütjering, eds., TMS, Warrendale, 1999.

13. A. W. Thompson, "Relations between Microstructure and Fatigue Properties of Alpha-Beta Titanium Alloys",  in Fatigue Behavior of Titanium
      Alloys, R. Boyer, D. Eylon, J. P. Gallagher, and G. Lütjering, eds., TMS, Warrendale, 1999.

14. *D. L. Davidson:  "Fatigue Crack Growth at High R-Ratio in Ti-6Al-4V at 1.5 kHz: The Effect of Periodic Removal of Mean Stress", in Fatigue
      Behavior of Titanium Alloys, R. Boyer, D. Eylon, J. P. Gallagher, and G. Lütjering, eds., TMS, Warrendale, PA, 1999.

15. *J. A. Hines, J. O. Peters, and G. Lütjering, "Microcrack Propagation in Ti-6Al-4V", in Fatigue Behavior of Titanium Alloys, R. Boyer, D. Eylon, J.
      P. Gallagher, and G. Lütjering, eds., TMS, Warrendale, PA, 1999.

16. *J. A. Hines, J. O. Peters, and G. Lütjering, "Microcrack Propagation in the LCF and HCF-Regime in Ti-6Al-4V", in Proceedings of 9th World
      Conference on Titanium Alloys, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1999.

17. R. O. Ritchie, D. L. Davidson, B. L. Boyce, J. P. Campbell, and O. Roder, "High-Cycle Fatigue of Ti-6Al-4V", Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering
      Materials & Structures, vol. 22, July 1999, in press.

18. A. E. Giannakopoulos, T. C. Lindley, and S. Suresh, "Application of Fracture Mechanics in Fretting Fatigue Life Assessment", in Fretting Fatigue:
      Current Technology and Practices, ASTM STP 1367, D. W. Hoeppner, V. Chandrasekaran, C. B. Elliot, eds., American Society for Testing and
      Materials, Philadelphia, 1999.

19. E. C. Aifantis, “Gradient Deformation Models at the Nano, Micro and Macro Scales”, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology,
      Transactions of ASME, vol. 121, 1999, pp. 189-202.

20. J. W. Hutchinson and M. R. Begley, “Plasticity in Fretting of Coated Surfaces”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 62, 1999, pp. 145-164.

21. M. R. Begley, A. G. Evans, and J. W. Hutchinson, “Spherical Impressions on Thin Elastic Films on Elastic-Plastic Substrates”, International Journal
      of Solids and Structures, vol. 36, 1999, pp. 2773-2788.

22. R. O. Ritchie, “Small-Crack Growth and the Fatigue of Traditional and Advanced Materials”, in Fatigue '99, Proceedings of the Seventh International
      Fatigue Congress, X.-R. Wu and Z. G. Wang, eds., Higher Education Press, Beijing, China/EMAS, Warley, U.K., vol. 1, 1999, pp. 1-14.

23. R. O. Ritchie, “The Importance of Small Crack Effects in the Microstructural Development of Advanced Materials”, in Small Fatigue Cracks:
      Mechanics, Mechanisms and Applications, K. S. Ravichandran, R. O. Ritchie, and Y. Murakami, eds., Elsevier, Oxford, U.K. 1999, pp. 233-246.

24. T. A. Venkatesh, A. E. Giannakopoulos, T. C. Lindley, and S. Suresh, "Modeling and Experimental Studies on Fretting Fatigue", in Small Fatigue
      Cracks: Mechanics, Mechanisms and Applications, K. S. Ravichandran, R. O. Ritchie, and Y. Murakami, eds., Elsevier, Oxford, U.K. 1999.

25. M. Y. He and J. W. Hutchinson, "Asymmetric Four-Point Crack Specimen", J. Appl. Mech., 1999, in review.

26. M. Y. He and J. W. Hutchinson, "Surface Crack Subject to Mixed Mode Loading", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 1999, in review.

27. J. P. Campbell and R. O. Ritchie,  “Mixed-Mode Fatigue-Crack Growth Thresholds in Bimodal Ti-6Al-4V”, Scripta Materialia, 1999, in press.

28. J. O. Peters, O. Roder, B. L. Boyce, A. W. Thompson, and R. O. Ritchie, “Role of Foreign Object Damage on Thresholds for High-Cycle Fatigue
      in Ti-6Al-4V”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, submitted August 1999.

29. B. L. Boyce and R. O. Ritchie, "Effect of Load Ratio and Maximum Stress Intensity on the Fatigue Threshold in Ti-6Al-4V", Engineering Fracture
      Mechanics, sumitted January 2000.
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*Work performed in association with the MURI, although not directly funded by it

Theses

30. P. Pallot, “Two Dimensional Studies of Contact”, Engineering Diplome Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, France, (completed at MIT), Sept. 1997
      (co-supervisor: S. Suresh).

31. P. R. Birch, “A Study of Fretting Fatigue in Aircraft Components”, M.S. Thesis, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, June 1998
      (supervisor: S. Suresh).

32. C. Chenut, “Fretting Fatigue at Rounded Corners”, Engineering Diplome Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, France, (completed at MIT), Sept. 1998
      (co-supervisor: S. Suresh).

33. B. L. Boyce, "High Cycle Fatigue Thresholds in a Turbine Engine Titanium Alloy", M.S. Thesis, Department of Materials Science and Mineral
      Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Dec. 1998 (supervisor: R. O. Ritchie).

34. B. L. Boyce, "Spatially Resolved Residual Stress Measurements Using Synchrotron Microdiffraction", Ph.D. pending, Department of Materials
      Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, expected May 2001 (supervisor: R. O. Ritchie).

35. J. P. Campbell, "Mixed-Mode Fatigue-Crack Growth in Ti-6Al-4V", Ph.D. pending, Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering,
      University of California, Berkeley, expected Dec. 1999 (supervisor: R. O. Ritchie).

36. Xi Chen, “Foreign Object Damage and Fracture”, Ph.D. pending, Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, expected June 2000
      (supervisor: J. W. Hutchinson).

37. G. Kirkpatrick, “Life Prediction and Palliatives in Fretting Fatigue”, M.S. Thesis, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, June 1999
      (supervisor: S. Suresh).

38. B. P. Conner, “Experimental Investigation of Fretting Fatigue in Aluminum (7075-T6) and Titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) Alloys”, M.S. Thesis, Department of
      Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, expected June 2000 (supervisor: S. Suresh).

39. S. Marras, "Mechanics Studies of Fatigue Crack Propagation Thresholds", M.S. pending, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan
      Technological University, expected Dec. 1999 (supervisor: W. W. Milligan).

40. S. A. Padula II, "High Frequency Fatigue of Nickel-Base Superalloys", Ph.D. pending, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
      Michigan Technological University, expected Aug. 2001 (supervisor: W. W. Milligan).

41. A. Shyam, "Fatigue Mechanisms in Nickel-Base Superalloys", Ph.D. pending, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Michigan
      Technological University, expected Aug. 2001 (supervisor: W. W. Milligan).

Other Publications

42. B. L. Boyce and R. O. Ritchie, "Lower-Bound Thresholds for Fatigue-Crack Propagation under High-Cycle Fatigue Conditions in Ti-6Al-4V," in
      Proceedings of the Third National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference, W. A. Stange and J. Henderson, eds., Universal Technology
      Corp., Dayton, OH, CD-Rom, 1998, CD-Rom, session 5, pp. 11-18.

43. J. P. Campbell, A. W. Thompson, R. O. Ritchie, and D. L. Davidson, "Microstructural Effects on Small-Crack Propagation in Ti-6Al-4V under
      High-Cycle Fatigue Conditions," in Proceedings of the Third National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference, W. A. Stange and J.
      Henderson, eds., Universal Technology Corp., Dayton, OH, CD-Rom, 1998, CD-Rom, session 5, pp. 19-21.

44. S. A. Padula, A. Shyam, and W. W. Milligan, "High Cycle Fatigue of Nickel-Base Superalloys," in Proceedings of the Third National Turbine Engine
      High Cycle Fatigue Conference, W. A. Stange and J. Henderson, eds., Universal Technology Corp., Dayton, OH, CD-Rom, 1998, CD-Rom,
      session 5, pp. 22-28.

45. O. Roder, A. W. Thompson, and R. O. Ritchie, "Simulation of Foreign Object Damage of Ti-6Al-4V Gas-Turbine Blades," in Proceedings of the
      Third National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference, W. A. Stange and J. Henderson, eds., Universal Technology Corp., Dayton, OH,
      1998, CD-Rom, session 10, pp. 6-12.

46. S. A. Padula II, A. Shyam, D.L. Davidson and W.W. Milligan, "High Frequency Fatigue of Nickel-Base Superalloys", in Proceedings of the Fourth
      National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) Conference, J. Henderson, ed., Universal Technology Corp., Dayton, OH, CD-Rom, 1999,
      CD-Rom, session 2, pp. 22-28.

47. B. L. Boyce and R. O. Ritchie, "On the Definition of Lower-Bound Fatigue-Crack Propagation Thresholds in Ti-6Al-4V under High-Cycle Fatigue
      Conditions", in Proceedings of the Fourth National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) Conference, J. Henderson, ed., Universal Technology
      Corp., Dayton, OH, CD-Rom, 1999, CD-Rom, session 2, pp. 29-40.

48. J. P. Campbell, A. W. Thompson and R. O. Ritchie, "Mixed-Mode Crack-Growth Threshold In Ti-6Al-4V under Turbine-Engine High-Cycle
      Fatigue Loading Conditions", in Proceedings of the Fourth National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) Conference, J. Henderson, ed.,
      Universal Technology Corp., Dayton, OH, CD-Rom, 1999, CD-Rom, session 2, pp. 41-49.

49. S. Suresh, A. E. Giannakopoulos, T. C. Lindley, P. Birch, B. Wittkowsky, T. A. Venkatesh, and J. Dominguez, "A Review of Research on Fretting
      Fatigue in the Air Force MURI on High Cycle Fatigue", in Proceedings of the Fourth National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue (HCF)
      Conference, J. Henderson, ed., Universal Technology Corp., Dayton, OH, CD-Rom, 1999, CD-Rom, session 5, pp. 41-76.

50. B. L. Boyce, O. Roder, A. W. Thompson, and R. O. Ritchie, "Measurement of Residual Stresses in Impact-Damaged Ti-6-4 Specimens", in
      Proceedings of the Fourth National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) Conference, J. Henderson, ed., Universal Technology Corp., Dayton,
      OH, CD-Rom, 1999, CD-Rom, session 10, pp. 28-40.

51. O. Roder, J. O. Peters, A. W. Thompson, and R. O. Ritchie, "Influence of Simulated Foreign Object Damage on the High Cycle Fatigue of a
      Ti-6Al-4V Alloy for Gas Turbine Blades", in Proceedings of the Fourth National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) Conference, J.
      Henderson, ed., Universal Technology Corp., Dayton, OH, CD-Rom, 1999, CD-Rom, session 10, pp. 41-50.

52. B. L. Boyce and R. O. Ritchie, "Effect of Load Ratio and Maximum Stress Intensity on the Fatigue Threshold in Ti-6Al-4V", Engineering Fracture
      Mechanics, sumitted January 2000.


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