Course contents This course provides an introduction to the fatigue assessment of mechanical components in the presence of cracks or notches. It covers the derivation of stress fields ahead of cracks and notches using the Airy stress function and the complex potential function method (Kolosov and Muskhelishvili). Students will explore a case study on sharp V-notches under in-plane loading, focusing on the Lazzarin-Tovo analytical derivation of local stress fields based on complex potential functions and a comparison with Williams’ solution. Furthermore, the course includes the definition of Notch Stress Intensity Factors (NSIFs) and an introduction to local approaches based on the […]