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FATIGUE CRACK [3 records]

Record 1 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

The rate of crack extension caused by fatigue bending and expressed in terms of average crack extension per cycle.

OBS

[The fatigue crack growth rate] is expressed in metres per cycle.

OBS

fatigue crack growth rate: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Taux d'allongement de fissure provoqué par la flexion en fatigue et exprimé en termes d'allongement de fissure moyen par cycle.

OBS

Exprimé en mètres par cycle.

OBS

taux de propagation de fissure par fatigue : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Engineering (Military)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
CONT

... the reduced capability to see fatigue cracks in weathering steel, increasing the probability of missing these cracks during inspections.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie (Militaire)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
OBS

fissure de fatigue : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du Génie (ponts).

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deterioration of Metals
  • Aircraft Airframe
OBS

ICAO C-82-AN/69-III, p. 5

OBS

a fracture starting from a nucleus where there is an abnormal concentration of cyclic stress and propagating through the metal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Altération des métaux
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

[...] découverte d'un plus grand nombre de criques de fatigue dans les cellules [d'avions].

OBS

(aéronautique) ICAO C-50-AN/45, p. 161.

OBS

crique : fissure superficielle dans une pièce métallique [...]

Spanish

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