Tag
damage tolerance
3 posts
April 22, 2026
What a broken part tells you
A short note on reading a fracture surface. Beach marks and striations, fatigue versus overload, finding the origin, and why the broken part is the one piece of evidence the analysis can't argue with.
October 20, 2025
Where you clip the spectrum changes the life
Fatigue spectra get clipped at both ends and the clipping moves the answer. Omission, truncation, load interaction, and why the conservative direction isn't obvious.
June 18, 2023
Slow crack growth or fail-safe: decide before you mesh
Damage tolerance is a design decision first and a crack-growth curve second. Some notes on picking the route early and what each one signs you up for.