The fatigue life of uniaxial fatigue specimens containing a skew hole is investigated. Contrary to expectation, fatigue life and fatigue endurance limit show no discernible change for vertical skew angles up to 45 when stress is calculated using the gross cross-sectional area. The point of fatigue crack initiation moves from the tip of the minor axis of the ellipse towards the tip of the major axis as skew angle increases.
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