Which outcome occurs when extreme thermal gradients exist across a large marine diesel engine's crankshaft?

💡 Explanation

Accelerated torsional fatigue crack growth is the outcome due to thermal stress concentration. Local hot spots induce a differential expansion (the thermal gradient), leading to increased cyclic stress because the crankshaft is constrained. Therefore, fatigue cracking occurs; rather than uniform expansion causing other effects.

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