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of the fracture surface photos is shown in Figure 2.1. One of their main objectives is to<br />

develop the concept of controlled failure design.<br />

Figure 2.1: Surface fracture due to fatigue (Brenn<strong>an</strong> et al., 2007)<br />

The earlier experiment by Student et al. (1999) shows that the long-term action of<br />

the stress field <strong>an</strong>d high temperature working environments c<strong>an</strong> cause non-uniformity of<br />

the process fatigue crack growth or propagation. Based on Europe<strong>an</strong> Framework IV<br />

project MONITOR, as presented by Fixter <strong>an</strong>d Williamson (2006) in Figure 2.2, shows<br />

fatigue has contributed the highest defect percentage in metallic structures.<br />

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