An investigation put the blame on both poor maintenance which allowed bolts to loosen, twist, and break, and on structural fatigue fractures that were discovered afterward.

As fatigue fractures develop they typically interlock in a pattern known as crocodile cracking.

Both systems fail over time through fatigue fractures if operated repeatedly at loads more than a small percentage of their tensile breaking strength.

The fatigue fracture was a result of the misalignment of that stub pipe, during the counter-boring process.

Great Lakes bulkers also must be designed to withstand springing, or developing resonance with the waves, which can cause fatigue fractures.

Chronic complications are common and include abdominal or pelvic hernias, fatigue fractures of lower ribs and costochondritis.

The separation was caused by a fatigue fracture of one of the links attaching the flap to the wing.

Due to a double fatigue fracture, however, Morel missed the triathlons necessary for the qualification for the Olympic Games.

Tooth interior fatigue fracture, (TIFF), is a type of gear failure.

He developed apparatus for repeated loading of railway axles, mainly because many accidents were caused by sudden fatigue fracture.