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Aluminum will fatigue and fail on structures. The problem is how recognize the earliest signs of failure so corrective action can be taken.
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Gel electrode imaging of metal fatigue

Received: 10 November 1981 Abstract A simple electrochemical technique is described which produces high-resolution, visible images of fatigue cracks in aluminum alloys, without conventional metall...

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Metal fatigue

Aluminum does fatigue. There is a way to measure the fatigue of structural aluminum and steel with a process called Theroelastic Spacial Analysis. This takes a very sensitive thermo-camera. This camer...

Passive Metals

While I was brain storming I came up a thought of why the aluminum shows no or little signs of fatigue in the first place. It is a passive metal! There is no electromagnetic field to brake to start me...

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