TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Klinger, Christian A1 - Bettge, Dirk A1 - Murakami, Y. T1 - Defects as a root cause of fatigue failure of metallic components. II: Non-metallic inclusions T2 - Engineering Failure Analysis N2 - This second part of the review on defects as root cause of fatigue failure comprises the origin, the nature and the effects of non-metallic inclusions. Topics addressed are the different kinds of inclusions formed during the manufacturing process, various types of mis-match causing local stresses and, as a consequence, fatigue crack initiation, and effects of characteristics such as size, morphology, localization, spatial distribution and orientation of the defects on the fatigue behavior. Methods for inclusion counting and sizing are discussed along with statistical aspects necessary to be considered when evaluating structural components. PB - Elsevier Ltd. KW - Non-metallic inclusions KW - Mis-match KW - Inclusion size KW - Inclusion cluster KW - Statistics PY - 2019 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/47459 AN - OPUS4-47459 SN - 1350-6307 VL - 98 SP - 228 EP - 239 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany