metal fatigue

That, he said, could lead to metal fatigue and other problems.

By 1985 they had been withdrawn from service due to metal fatigue.

One issue is the mean time between failures due to metal fatigue.

"If I work on a story too long, it's like metal fatigue," she says.

Building inspectors identified metal fatigue as the cause of the break.

With all the damage and the heat, it's hard to tell, but he thinks it was metal fatigue.

I sense metal fatigue, dangerous heat levels in my bearings.

As in plane crashes, one question will be whether metal fatigue was a factor.

Then weight and metal fatigue ripped the support from its bracket.

The safety board also said it was concerned about a second problem with the engines: metal fatigue.

Metal fatigue has been a major cause of aircraft failure, especially before the process was well understood.

Experts said metal fatigue in the aircraft was a likely cause of the crash.

Might be metal fatigue and it just fell off.

Corrosion and metal fatigue are other issues that become more expensive to deal with as time goes on.

While these machines can transform, there is too much metal fatigue on the frame.

Metal fatigue at the site of a previous repair was cited as a cause.

"Just as there is such a thing as metal fatigue," he said.

The probable cause was the failure of a bolt through metal fatigue.

He is dismayed to notice metal fatigue in the engine room.

These were simpler toys, fragile and subject to metal fatigue.

Which leaves us with the possibility of metal fatigue or structural weakness.

Investigators did not consider metal fatigue as a contributory cause.

The Council should be asked to study the phenomenon of metal fatigue in aircraft structures.

Structural metal fatigue was the problem in a major wing spar.

Workers said that existing brackets were showing signs of metal fatigue.