In the January 2022 “Timeout for Tech,” I provided a general overview of metallic fatigue. The key takeaways were these: Fatigue cracks in steel are neither manufacturing defects nor the result of ...

Improper maintenance work led to a terrifying Alaska Airlines landing in 2023, with an NTSB report revealing a fatigue crack in the landing gear as the cause.

Fatigue Crack Growth: The progressive extension of microstructural cracks under repeated cyclic loading, eventually leading to material failure. Crack Closure: ...

1. 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 ...

A major oil spill from TC Energy Corp.’s Keystone crude pipeline last year was caused by fatigue crack, according to the company. When the pipeline was constructed, a crack formed in a segment ...

The fatigue cracks of the NAMP state initiate from the clean PBGBs, which is a common characteristic in the AM microstructure, indicating that we have detected the fatigue resistance of the Net-AM ...

A fatigue crack analysis performed on the aft trunnion pin fracture surface indicated the crack had been present for at least 797 landing cycles.

A gear crack that led to a fatal crash of a V-22 Osprey last year may have been started by weak spots in a metal used to manufacture that part, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

The FAA has issued a critical airworthiness directive for 13 Boeing 757-200 planes to address fatigue cracking risks, specifically around the lavatory service panels.

Electronics that experience cyclical variations in temperature may fail due to fatigue cracking initiated and propagated by thermomechanical strains, ...

In a blow to Pacific security, the U.S. Coast Guard has grounded all its Leonardo C-27J Spartan maritime patrol aircraft due to structural fatigue cracks.

Canada's TC Energy on Friday said a 14,000-barrel oil spill from its Keystone pipeline in rural Kansas in December was primarily due to a progressive fatigue crack, which originated during the ...