University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 12-2002 Residual Stress Effects on Fatigue Life via the Stress Intensity Parameter, K Jeffrey Lynn Roberts University of Tennessee - Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss Part of the Engineering Science and Materials Commons Recommended Citation Roberts, Jeffrey Lynn, "Residual Stress Effects on Fatigue Life via the Stress Intensity Parameter, K. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2002. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/2196 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Jeffrey Lynn Roberts entitled "Residual Stress Effects on Fatigue Life via the Stress Intensity Parameter, K." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Engineering Science. John D. Landes, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: J. A. M. Boulet, Charlie R. Brooks, Niann-i (Allen) Yu Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Jeffrey Lynn Roberts entitled “Residual Stress Effects on Fatigue Life via the Stress Intensity Parameter, K.” I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Engineering Science.