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Fatigue

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000171

A degradation mechanism caused by the simultaneous action of cyclic, tensile stress. Fatigue may culminate in crack initiation and growth that may cause fracture after enough cycles.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000171
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Fatigue",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "A degradation mechanism caused by the simultaneous action of cyclic, tensile stress. Fatigue may culminate in crack initiation and growth that may cause fracture after enough cycles.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/fatigue/"
}

Record 171 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.