. International Journal of Fatigue 25 (2003) 679–702 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijfatigue Review article Fatigue of structures and materials in the 20th century and the state of the art ଝ J. Schijve ∗ Delft. Overload S f Fatigue limit 1. Introduction An evaluation of fatigue of structures and materials in the 20th century raises the question what happened in the 19th century? The answer is that fa...