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Old 04-27-2015, 11:00 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by darcane View Post
... With a steel chassis, this flexing won't damage it because steel has a very high fatigue life. Aluminum will eventually fatigue and crack unless a lot of extra material is added.
It's the other way around. Aluminum has an infinite fatigue life, once beyond an initial period of load under vibration. Steel is always subject to a possible fatigue failure, given enough vibration cycles.
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