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19th June 2003 | 01:30

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Genghis the Engineer

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Composite fatigue works by microcracks building up within the matrix (that is the bit that isn't fibre) and weakening the overall material - it could be the culprit and just the result of years of loading.

Or of-course it could be something else!

G