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The catastrophic failure of a crane jib is discussed in the paper. The final failure was determined by an existing crack, which had propagated up to a considerable part of the cross section of one of the main tubular elements, which constituted the jib frame. The crack originated from a seam weld, which was used to join a stiffener on top of the tubular element where some cracks were found few years...
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