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It refers to the failure of materials exposed to repeated actions of stress fluctuation. It is responsible for a large proportion of cracks occurring in welded ship structural details.
The loads responsible for fatigue are generally not large enough to cause material yielding. Instead, failure occurs after a certain number of load or stress fluctuations. The fatigue strength of welded structural details does not depend on the tensile strength of the steel.