Modelling fatigue damage accumulation and failure in materials with random defect distributions A. B. Lennon and P. J. Prendergast Department of Mechanical Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin Submitted February, 2003 Corresponding Author Prof. Patrick J. Prendergast, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)1 608 1383 Fax: +353 (0)1 679 5554 E-mail: pprender@tcd.ie http://www.biomechanics.ie