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Fig. 1. Chain link used for full-scale testing (drawing not to scale).

Fig. 2. [Left] Sketch of the EDM notch and target crack used in the FE models for fatigue pre-cracking (dimensions in mm). [Right] Cyclic bending of chain link to generate fatigue pre-crack after the EDM notch.