//Example 12.3 //Fatigue Crack Proportion //Page No. 401 clc;clear;close; ai=0.5; //in mm ai=ai*10^-3; //conversion to m sigma_max=180; //in MPa Kc=100; //MPam^(1/2) alpha=1.12; //no unit p=3; //no unit A=6.9*10^-12; //in MPam^(1/2) af=(Kc/(sigma_max*alpha))^2/%pi; Nf=(af^(1-(p/2))-ai^(1-(p/2)))/((1-p/2)*A*sigma_max^3*%pi^(p/2)*alpha^p); printf('Fatigue Cycles = %g cycles',Nf);