Topic

Functional fatigue

The gradual loss of a material's working performance under repeated loading cycles, distinct from fracture, and the main reliability limit for alloys cycled millions of times in service.

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HKUST holds 400 watts of solid-state cooling through a million cycles

A Hong Kong lab kept 400 watts and a 41-kelvin span steady across a million cycles of its TiNiCuCo refrigerant. Anyone evaluating solid-state cooling now has a durability figure to quote back at a vendor.

Publishers:interestingengineering.com

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