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    The document discusses different types of fatigue failures in materials, including how cracks can initiate and spread in metals from fatigue, examples of combined fatigue and plastic failures, and that welding can sometimes initiate cracks. It also notes that composite fatigue failures involve multiple damage modes and mechanisms rather than slow crack propagation, and provides an example of cracking in an aluminum road sign structure at a welded tubular joint after years of service.

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    The document discusses different types of fatigue failures in materials, including how cracks can initiate and spread in metals from fatigue, examples of combined fatigue and plastic failures, and that welding can sometimes initiate cracks. It also notes that composite fatigue failures involve multiple damage modes and mechanisms rather than slow crack propagation, and provides an example of cracking in an aluminum road sign structure at a welded tubular joint after years of service.

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    Fatigue patterns in materials

    Lars Damkilde Section for Structural Mechanics Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University
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    Fatigue start and spreads Beachmarks

    Fatigue combined failure


    Top and bottom is cracked due to fatigue. Middle part fails due to plastic failure Part of a cranehook

    Roller shaft failure


    Photograph of fracture surface showing initiation site, beachmarks from fracture propagation, and small area of final fracture.

    Composite failures
    Metal fatigue failure is characterised by slow crack propagation; cracks initiate and propagate in a series of notch blunting and crack propagation events. By contrast, composite fatigue failure is a diffuse accumulation of damage, including multiple damage modes and complex failure mechanisms.

    Welding may initiate cracks

    Tubular joints welded details


    After many years in service, aluminum trichord sign structures often develop significant cracks and event complete failures in their welded connections, as shown in this photo of a failing joint. Redundant connections in most cases prevent pieces of the structure from falling onto the highway, but signs with failing joints need to be repaired or replaced.
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