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If the applied stress is
low you can bend it
many times before it
fails.
If the bending causes a lot of stress it will fail after
fewer bendings.
During a vibration a mechanical component is
displaced (bending occurs) and it is stressed.
The greater the displacement, the greater the
stress.
A point of vibration will be a point of stressing and
bending.
Consider a rotating shaft held in position by two
bearings. As it rotates is flexes and bends very
slightly.
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