| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Strength of materials and kinds of failure | |
| Importance of failure analysis | p. 1 |
| Failures can cause heavy losses | p. 1 |
| Conditions for the occurrence of failures and causes of failures | p. 3 |
| Procedure in failure analysis | |
| Failure analysis items | p. 6 |
| Precautions in actual failure analysis | p. 7 |
| Methods of removing metal deposits | p. 8 |
| Useful literature on failure analysis | p. 18 |
| Inititation[sic] and propagation of fatigue cracks | |
| Characteristics of fatigue failure | p. 22 |
| Initiation of fatigue cracks | p. 23 |
| Propagation of fatigue cracks | p. 24 |
| Final fracture | p. 28 |
| Case studies and analysis of failure | |
| Failures occurring about use | p. 30 |
| Failure of a crane head sheave hanger | p. 33 |
| Failure of a wire rope | p. 39 |
| Failure of transmission shaft | p. 52 |
| Failure of crank of an overcurrent breaker | p. 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 screws | p. 104 |
| Failure of gears | p. 114 |
| Failure of piping valves | p. 136 |
| Failure of pipeline before service | p. 149 |
| Failures starting from welds in machines and equipment | p. 157 |
| Failures in rolls | p. 177 |
| Failures in rail joints | p. 184 |
| Conclusion | p. 192 |
| Appendix 1: Conversion of units | p. 193 |
| Appendix 2: Models of fatigue cracks propagation | p. 194 |
| Appendix 3: Notch factors for various kinds of rod specimen | p. 195 |
| Appendix 4: Typical fracture surfaces observed by SEM | p. 199 |
| Index | p. 210 |
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Failure Analysis in Engineering Applications
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