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/F~• ~c­ l \ \ ~ ~ ~9c -~ /) THE FATIGUE AND BENDING PROPERTIES OF COLD DRAWN STEEL WIRE By H. J. GODFREY Abstract The paper presents the results of an investigation on the fatigue and bending properties of carbon steel wire. The special fatigue and bend testing machines developed for this study are described ~n this paper. The effect of wire drawing, decarburization and surface conditions on the fatigue properties have been investigated. The bend testing machine has been so designed that the severity of the bend test can be controlled in order to study the true bending properties of wire. M etallographic and X -ray studies of the internal structure of cold drawn wires are included in this paper. INTRODUCTION HIS investigation was primarily a study of the effect of cold Tworking on the physical properties of steel wire. In this study the fatigue and bending propertIes as determined on especially de- signed test