Originally Posted by
guy153
Really? You're saying CF can be stress cycled forever (like mild or HSLA steel) and never fatigue? I didn't think that was true (but am ready to learn to something of course). I thought this was quite an unusual property fairly unique to steel (due to dislocations diffusing).
Mild steel can be stress cycled forever without fatiguing? Aren't metal paper clips made from mild steel? it takes only a few cycles of flexing a paper clip for work hardening to occur, followed by failure.