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In materials science, metal fatigue is the progressive and contained structural damage that takes place when a substance is subjected to cyclic or recurring loading. It is a progressive localized damage due to fluctuating stresses and strains on the material. Metal fatigue cracks initiate and propagate in regions where the strain is most severe. The upper limit stress values are below the ultimate tensile stress limit, and may be lower the yield stress limit of the metal material. Metal fatigue is a major problem because it can happen due to repeated loads below the static yield strength. This can result in an unexpected and catastrophic failure in material.

The process of fatigue consists of three stages: Initial crack initiation, Progressive crack growth across the part and Final sudden fracture of the remaining cross section.

The procedure initiates with dislocation movements then ultimately forming constant slip bands that nucleate short cracks in the metal. Fatigue is a stochastic process, frequently showing substantial break up even in restricted environments. The larger the applied stress on the material, the shorter the life of the metal material. Fatigue life spread out and tends to rise for longer fatigue lives. Damage is increasing and Materials do not recuperate when rested. Fatigue life is subjective by a variety of factors, such as the temperature where it is situated, surface finish, microstructure, composition of oxidizing or inert gases of material, residual stresses, and the condition of the material. Some materials display a theoretical fatigue limit beneath which constant loading does not lead to failure.

Cyclic stress state of the in the material is one of the factors. Depending on the involvedness of the geometry and the loading such as stress amplitude, mean stress, biaxiality, in-phase or out-of-phase shear stress, and load sequence. Notches and difference in cross section all over a part lead to stress concentrations where fatigue cracks start. Surface unevenness cause atomic stress concentrations that lower the fatigue strength. Fatigue life, as well as the activities during repeated loading, varies extensively for different materials. Welding, cutting, casting, and other manufacturing processes involving heat or deformation can create high levels of tensile residual stress, which decreases the fatigue strength in metal. Casting defects such as gas porosity, non-metallic inclusions and shrinkage voids can considerably reduce fatigue strength. For non-isotropic materials, fatigue strength depends on the path of the primary stress.

For most metals, smaller grains yield longer fatigue lives, though, the presence of plane defects or scratches will have a greater influence than in a common grained alloy. Environmental conditions can cause erosion, corrosion, or gas-phase brittleness, which all affect fatigue life. Corrosion fatigue is a difficulty encountered in many destructive environments. Higher temperatures usually decrease fatigue strength.

In recent years, researchers and metallurgists have found that failures take place under the theoretical fatigue limit at very high fatigue lives (109 to 1010 cycles). An ultrasonic resonance system is used in the experiments with frequencies around 10-20 kHz. High cycle fatigue strength (about 103 to 108 cycles) can be described by stress. Compressive outstanding stresses can be introduced in the surface shot peening to increase fatigue life.