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FATIGUE – FAILURESVARIOUS MECHANICAL COMPONENTS
Cracks in bicycle frame Helical gear Spring Steering arm
Pedal Stub axle Bolt Shaft - torsion
Source: The Open University - http://materials.open.ac.uk/mem/mem_mf.htm
AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
December 19, 2005, off Miami Beach, Florida, Grumman G73T Turbo Mallard seaplane Fatigue cracks in the right wing.
Lading gear fatigue failure
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 - April 28, 1988Cracks in the fuselage
SHIPS
USS Tanker ship fractured in January 1943
Liberty ship - USS Carlos Carillo• 2,751 built between 1941-1945• Built from welded sections• 1500 instances of significant brittle
fractures• 19 ships broke in half without warning• Steel embrittlement• Cracks initiated from stress
concentrators• Crack propagation along weld lines(source: www.wikipedia.com)