High local loads at leading edges, cobbles or doubling of the strip end (tail end pinching), exceed the shear strength of the shell material and initiate the crack.

The important reason for the poor stability during strip hot rolling process was the working fault resulted by the deviated running of the strip in the mills and the strip end defects.

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