Sometimes, through no fault of their owners’ use, gun parts simply fail. In many cases, “fatigue failures” are to blame. Can they be predicted? A veteran firearm engineer answers that question.

There have been major advances in methods of fatigue life estimation over the past 30 years. Allowable stresses can now be estimated to an accuracy of a few percent. Much of this knowledge is ...

On Monday, two days after the high-profile engine failure on United Airlines Flight 328 from Denver to Honolulu, the National Transportation Safety Board held its first briefing on the incident ...

‘Nanotwinning’ produces stronger metals Such analysis is helpful for identifying alloys that show exceptional or unusual behaviour and provides a different approach for identifying fatigue-resistant ...

Metal fatigue can cause catastrophic failures in areas including aviation — jet engines, for instance — and infrastructure — bridges and other structures.

Abnormal wear debris from abrasion, adhesion, and fatigue consists of large particles containing base metals. Microspall ...

So I thought at first that the whole Metal Fatigue title could be exploited for some sort of humor in the introduction to my review. You know, something like, "I'm fatigued because I stayed up all ...

A National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) research team has identified the mechanism by which microscopic fatigue cracks grow in metals, solving a half-century-old mystery. The team found ...

These parameters can account for differences in the fatigue life of metals with different crystalline structures, and factor into the research team's theory.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Now that it's been confirmed that Metal Fatigue will in fact be coming to the US via TalonSoft, we've taken a new look at the futuristic real-time ...