Influential Factors for Very High Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Metallic Materials

In recent years, very high cycle fatigue has become a major concern in design and durability of engineering components and structures such as railway wheels, rails, offshore structures, bridges, load bearings, etc. There are some factors which have been assumed to influence the fatigue behavior for metallic materials in VHCF regime. But most factors influencing the VHCF behavior have not been studied thoroughly. In order to deeply understand the essence of material fatigue, the experimental and theoretical aspects of the factors influencing on very high cycle fatigue for metallic materials should be studied further more. This paper deals with an overview on the effect of factors on the property in very high cycle fatigue regime. Research trends and some conclusions in this field are briefly discussed and obtained.