Analysis of loading history influence on fatigue and fracture surface parameters using the method of induction trees

In fatigue life testing under various loading conditions, researchers observe the profile, surface and morphology of materials. In this study authors research the fatigue life of material and the surface fracture geometry. Areal field and fractal based characterisation are evaluated for the whole fracture surfaces. Results of this test were correlated to notch geometry and loading conditions. It was confirmed, for notched specimens, that the change from torsion to proportional bending with torsion fatigue life increase significantly, the same as changing loading from bending with torsion to bending. The measurement device was equipped with a motorised nosepiece using five dedicated microscopic objective lenses from 2.5x to 100x magnification. This paper presents the application of the induction tree method for analysis of loading history influence on fatigue and fracture surface parameters. In a decision tree, nodes store tests checking values of example attributes and leaves store categories assigned to them. For each of possible test results, there is one branch coming from a node to a subtree. In this way, it is possible to represent any attributes of the hypothesis admissible for a given set. Analysis of selected parameters will estimate their impact on the surface structure.