Mechanical parts are more frequently subjected to cyclic loads than solely static loads. Fatigue issues are commonly observed in turbine blades, aerospace components, locomotive systems, large ...

What determines the stabillity of thin ceramic coatings, which are often used to increase the stability of turbines or extremely stressed tools? New experiments show: Surprisingly, these coatings do ...

Thanks to a new understanding of how bones maintain their strength, we may someday see bone-inspired materials used in the production of longer-lasting products such as aircraft wings. The findings ...

Medical devices are true marvels of human ingenuity. They save lives and improve quality of life in countless ways. But what happens when the materials used to make them can't keep up? In vascular ...

(Nanowerk News) It is estimated that over 80% of engineering failures are due to material fatigue, so the fight against metal fatigue failures continues, as this is a key parameter for lightweight ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with research groups from the University of ...

Achieving high fatigue strength in the 3D-printed NTD-Al alloy (AM NTD-Al). (A) Number of cycles to failure plotted against the maximum stress of AM NTD-Al, compared with other reported 3D-printed ...

Researchers have shown that, for amorphous materials, cyclic material fatigue can begin to fracture at the same level of stress as fractures due to constant loading. By using computer simulations, the ...

Studying fatigue cracks at the nanoscale: Sandia National Laboratories researcher Ryan Schoell uses a specialized transmission electron microscope technique developed by Khalid Hattar, Dan Bufford and ...

Fatigue-resistant NorPLY™ extends the life of components like vibratory springs or flexible couplings. Interstate Advanced Materials now offers custom cut-to-size options for NorPLY™ 1002. Materials ...