Re: [Harp-L] breaking in marine bands (metal fatigue; a definition)

[Paul Bowering <paul_bowering@xxxxxxxxx>]

>"Some materials, for example steel and titanium,
>exhibit a fatigue limit, a limit below which repeated
>stress has no effect. Most others, for example
>aluminum, exhibit no such limit and even
>infinitesimally small stresses will eventually cause
>failure."

Okay. Now I concede :>

One side question related to this issue. What other
signs beside a sudden drop in pitch point to a reed
that has suffered metal fatigue?


		
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