Sobczyk, Kazimierz; Spencer, Billie Floyd jun. Random fatigue: from data to theory. (English) Zbl 0768.73054 Boston, MA etc.: Academic Press. ix, 266 p. (1992). The book consists of 7 chapters: 1. Fatigue of engineering materials: Empirical background, 2. Stochastic approach to fatigue: Mathematical prerequisites, 3. Random fatigue loads: Statistical characteristics, 4. Random fatigue: Evolutionary probabilistic models, 5. Random fatigue crack growth: Cumulative jump models, 6. Random fatigue crack growth: Differential equation models, 7. Comparisons and applications.In a very brief manner the authors are giving data concerning stochastic approach to fatigue — random fatigue loads — probabilistic models- random fatigue crack growth. The reader is getting an impression that the book is a set of mathematical exercises on applications of probability in crack theory. This is not a teaching book and not a monograph but a short encyclopaedic information on the state of art in the field of analytical stochastic approaches to crack theory. (217 references). Reviewer: J.Golecki (Haifa) Cited in 26 Documents MSC: 74R99 Fracture and damage 74S30 Other numerical methods in solid mechanics (MSC2010) 74-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids Keywords:random loads; crack growth; retardation; multi-state models; cumulative jump models; analytical stochastic approaches PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{K. Sobczyk} and \textit{B. F. Spencer jun.}, Random fatigue: from data to theory. Boston, MA etc.: Academic Press (1992; Zbl 0768.73054)