Failure Analysis in Engineering Applications

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Pub. Date: 1992-04-01
Publisher(s): Butterworth-Heinemann
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Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Strength of materials and kinds of failure
Importance of failure analysisp. 1
Failures can cause heavy lossesp. 1
Conditions for the occurrence of failures and causes of failuresp. 3
Procedure in failure analysis
Failure analysis itemsp. 6
Precautions in actual failure analysisp. 7
Methods of removing metal depositsp. 8
Useful literature on failure analysisp. 18
Inititation[sic] and propagation of fatigue cracks
Characteristics of fatigue failurep. 22
Initiation of fatigue cracksp. 23
Propagation of fatigue cracksp. 24
Final fracturep. 28
Case studies and analysis of failure
Failures occurring about usep. 30
Failure of a crane head sheave hangerp. 33
Failure of a wire ropep. 39
Failure of transmission shaftp. 52
Failure of crank of an overcurrent breakerp. 58
Failure of discharge wires of an electrostatic space cleaner (ESC)p. 61
Failure of fastening screws (fatigue failure)p. 68
Environmental failure of fastening screwsp. 104
Failure of gearsp. 114
Failure of piping valvesp. 136
Failure of pipeline before servicep. 149
Failures starting from welds in machines and equipmentp. 157
Failures in rollsp. 177
Failures in rail jointsp. 184
Conclusionp. 192
Appendix 1: Conversion of unitsp. 193
Appendix 2: Models of fatigue cracks propagationp. 194
Appendix 3: Notch factors for various kinds of rod specimenp. 195
Appendix 4: Typical fracture surfaces observed by SEMp. 199
Indexp. 210
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