Fatigue in the “Real World”
Posted by Rob in Failure Analysis on 27. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
In the “real world” fatigue usually – that’s usually, not always – initiates at a location that acts as a stress concentration, or focal point, to the stresses imposed on a component. Stress concentrations take a wide variety of forms. They include geometric features (such as holes, slots, corners and radii), rough areas of surface [...]
Fatigue and its Failure Analysis
Posted by Rob in Failure Analysis on 22. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
On May 11th, 1842 the first major railroad disaster in history set off a chain of events which led to the discovery of the phenomenon that we now know as fatigue failure. The Paris – Versailles Express, hurtling down the tracks at the then astounding speed of 50 miles per hour, exploded in flames when [...]
