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Examples of fatigue fracture surfaces


# These photographs were taken at the University of Cape Town.


South Africa, University of Cape Town, Harry Bhadeshia, Robert Knusten, 2017
A shaft that has failed by fatigue, in this case the failure initiating within the steel.
South Africa, University of Cape Town, Harry Bhadeshia, Robert Knusten, 2017
South Africa, University of Cape Town, Harry Bhadeshia, Robert Knusten, 2017
Here the initiation is at the surface.



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