ASTM E606-80

Standard Recommended Practice for Constant-Amplitude Low-Cycle Fatigue Testing

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Dec-1979
• ICS: 77.040.10 - Mechanical testing of metals
• Technical Committee: E08 - Fatigue and Fracture
• Drafting Committee: E08.05 - Cyclic Deformation and Fatigue Crack Formation

Standards Content (Sample)

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�t Designation: E 606 - 80
Standard Recommended Practice for
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Constant-Amplitude Lor,•Cycle Fatigue Testing
This �a11dard ii i$WC\d 111'1dcr U)( li�ed ckiigiution E 606; lhe n•mllff immedi:cdy rOOowinc 11)t. ckda,w.tlon it'I� 1he yct.r of
oripn3/ idc91ion or. in the' c,u,, or �Won. the >m of ,as, rt\o'islf)l). A number ii, ponntbesd ind'iaun. the )'I'll' of lu1 ttapp,o, A
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wpcl'$m'l)I c�111,) i.ctie11cs ati cd:tc.ul c� �net the lu1 tt""mofl or tttl,'Pl'oval,
I. Scope E 83 Practice for Verification and Ctassif.t<:ation of Ex ten•
someters'
I. I This recommended practice covers the determi.natfon
E 111 Test Method for Young's Modulus, Tangent Mod•
or Jow-cycle fatigue properties of nominally homogeneous
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ulus. and Chord Modulus
metallic materials by the use of uniaxial}y loaded test
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E I J2 Methods for Dctemtioing the Average Grain Siu
specimens. It is intended as a guide for lowooeytle fatigue
E 132 Test Method for Poisson's Ratio at Room
te$ting �rfonncd in support of such activities as materials
Temperature'
research and dc,;clopmcnt, mcehanical desi process
and
gn,
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E 15 7 Method of Assigning Crystallog, aphic Pha.se Desig­
quaJity control, product performance and failure anal is.
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ys
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nations in Metallic Syste-ms
.2 The use of this rerommended practice is limited to
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E 209 Practice for Compression Tests of Metallic Mate­
metallic .
specimens and does nOl cover testing of fulJ sc:aJe
rials at Elevated T emperaturcs with ConventionaJ or
components. structures, or consumer products.
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Rapid Heating Rates and Strain Rates
1.3 This recommended practK:e is applicable to tempera•
Test Method for Measuring Humktit)' with a
E 337
turcs and strain rates for which tht magnitudes of time•
Psychromcter (The Measurement of Wet-Bulb and Dty•
dependent inelastic strains arc ne&ligible rclati"e 10 the
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Bulb Temperatures)
magnitudes of time•independent inelastic strains. No rcsuic­
E 384 Test Me,lhod for Microhardness of Materials'
tt<>ns art- placed oo environmental factors,. such as tempera•
E 399 Ttst Mctbod for Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness
ture, pressure. humidity. medium, etc., provided they re.main
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of Metallic MateriaJs
constant throughout the test and do not cause loss of or
E 467 Practice for Verification of Constant Amplitude
c.bange in dimensioo.s with time.
Dynamic Loads in an Axial Load Fatigue Testing
NOTE 1-Thc tttm inrlaMic is used hm:in to tercr to aU aonel:ascw:
Machin•'
$!:rains, TM term pk,.)'lif i$ u� h.:rcin 10 refer <.ml)' 10 the tirnt•
E 5 l3 Definitions of Terms Relating 10 Const.anl•Am­
fodc-pntdent (tltac is. noocrttp) compoMnt of iMlastk .str . in.
plitude Low-Cycle Fa1.igue Testing'
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