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Metals Grow Tired by Richard Week , Ph.D.
Department of Engineering
University of Cambridge
In its useful lifetime the metal parts of a machine or structure may be pushed and pulled millions of times. This affects the metal, and if steps are not taken to prevent it the part may fail, with disastrous results. Dr. Week has been studying these effects and describes what is being done to overcome the problem.