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load, fatigue cracks begin to occur on AISI 304 stainless steel, which has the lowest

yield and fatigue strength values, in the distance of 16 m mafter welding point of E R

309L and AISI 304 stainless steels. If the construction is subjected to o=302.5 M P a

stress value, it can work 1,780,000 cycles properly. As for o=207 M P astress value,

which is under the yield strength value of the materials, it can work permanently.

Therefore, 107 cycles can be attributed as fatigue life of this construction for (5:207

M P a .

Acknowledgments

This study is supported by T U B I T A(KThe Scientific and Technological Research

Council of Turkey) under the Project Number106M091. The authors would also thank

to BahadirU Y U L G ATNevf,ikA K S OanYd JamesM A R R O W .

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