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A flood-protection dam gate is supposed to operate only once per week for 100 years, but suddenly after 30 years of use it needs to be operated twice per day (each time the high tide comes in). Find how much lower the bending stress must be from then on to still give a total life of 100 years. The material being fatigued is medium-carbon steel (AISI 1040). Hint the ultimate strength of AISI 1040 steel is S_(u)=520MPa. S_(l)=0.9S_(u) S_(e)10^(6) cycles for bending in carbon steels=0.5S_(u)


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