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I face a sudden fracture of a component after a period of cyclic loading in the elastic regime.But this Failure was the end result of a process involving the initiation and growth of a crack, usually at the site of a stress concentration on the surface.

Metals typically consist of close-packed atoms, meaning that the atoms are arranged like closely packed spheres. Two packing motifs are common, one being body-centered cubic wherein each metal atom is surrounded by eight equivalent atoms. The other main motif is face-centered cubic where the...

The basic skills & methods we'll explain to you have been successfully employed by people who have never before tried their hand at metal casting. Once you understand the basics of this metal craft, then the sky is the limit.

For 0.5mm shim use metal cutters to cut a square shim out of steel measuring one inch (25 mm) on each side. The thickness of the shim should fall between 0.008 inches (0.2 mm) to 0.020 inches (0.5 mm) greater than the requirement metal tags

The Metal polishing first stage starts with a rough abrasive and each subsequent stage uses a finer abrasive until the desired finish is achieved. The rough pass removes surface defects like pits, nicks, lines and scratches. The finer abrasives leave very thin lines that are not visible to the...