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The damage to a screw on the head of a 1.8 liter personal car engine was nucleated as the result of common disadvantageous environmental influences and reversed loads leading to corrosion fatigue.
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Kosec, B., Kosec, L., Skraba, P. et al. Damage of a screw in the seal coupling. Practical Failure Analysis 2, 57–60 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02715470
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