glossary

glossary

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Weld reinforcement on the side of the joint from which welding was done.

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The surfaces of materials in contact with each other and joined or about to be joined together.

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The cracking, breaking or other failure of a material as the result of repeated or alternating stressing below the material?s ultimate tensile strength.

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The maximum stress that a material will support indefinitely under variable and repetitive load conditions

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The resistance of a material to repeated or alternating stressing, without failure.