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Fig. 10. Fracture surface of the failed chromium-plated sleeve (center).

Fig. 11. Fracture surface of the failed chromium-plated sleeve (I.D.).

5. Discussion

The destructive examination of the shaft has shown that the failure initiated at the external
surface (where the fracture is intergranular with big grains, up to - 600 pm in diameter), progressing