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4. [2] [4] [6] [8] [10] [12] [14] [16] [18] [20] 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 140000 Flight number (N, cycle) crack length (inch) a critical = 15. 5 inch Ncritical=127096 a detectable = 13. 5 inch Ndetactable= 126482.
5. 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 crack length (inch) residual strength (psi)yield stress = 45000 psi limit stress = 17867 psi.