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Fatigue (material)

technology Maturity 11-13

Things can get tired.

Pedalarm Bruch.jpg
Pedalarm Bruch.jpg
Metal can get tired too. It gets tiny cracks. These cracks grow and grow. Then the metal might break. It happens when we use it a lot. Can you think of something that gets tired?
Ewing and Humfrey fatigue cracks.JPG
Ewing and Humfrey fatigue cracks.JPG

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File:Pedalarm Bruch.jpg
Pedalarm Bruch.jpg
File:Ewing and Humfrey fatigue cracks.JPG
Ewing and Humfrey fatigue cracks.JPG
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Rainflow fig2.PNG
File:BrittleAluminium320MPa S-N Curve.svg
BrittleAluminium320MPa S-N Curve.svg
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Strain-N.png
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New Guide Available for Fractography of...
File:Example HiFIT-treated assembly.jpg
Example HiFIT-treated assembly.jpg
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Meudon 1842.jpg
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Tender fatigued axle.JPG
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Comet 1 G-ALYP - wreckage recovered png.png
File:Fuselage of de Havilland Comet Airliner G-ALYP.JPG
Fuselage of de Havilland Comet Airliner G-ALYP.JPG
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ALK columns fractures english.png
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