Practical engineering failure analysis. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hani M. Tawancy, Anwar Ul-Hamid, Nureddin M. Abbas.
• Other Names: Tawancy, Hani M; Tawancy, Hani M; Ul-Hamid, Anwar; Abbas, Nureddin Mohamed; CRC Press.
• Contents: INTRODUCTION; Engineering Products and Their Performance; Engineering Properties of Materials; Classes of Engineering Alloys; Structure of Engineering Alloys; Failure of Engineering Products; Imperfect vs. Defective Products; Definition and Objective of Failure Analysis Investigations; Approach to Failure Analysis Investigations; Background Requirements of the Failure Analyst: Scope of the Book; ENGINEERING DESIGN-FABRICATION-PERFORMANCE; Introduction; Stages of Engineering Design; Material Selection; Fabrication of Engineering Alloys; Solidification of Ingots; Cold Working; Recrystallization; Thermomechanical Processing; Primary Fabrication Techniques; Secondary Fabrication Techniques; Joining Techniques; Service Performance; Common Causes of Failure; PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS; Introduction; Concepts of Mechanics; Concepts of Mechanical Force; Concepts of Work and Energy; Force and Motion; Conservation of Energy; Concept of Machines; State of Mechanical Equilibrium; Concept of Strain; Concept of Stress; Hook's Law; PROPERTY EVALUATION; Introduction; Nondestructive Tests; Destructive Tests: Measurement of Mechanical Properties; STRESS ANALYSIS; Introduction; Uniaxial State of Stress; Generalized State of Stress; Multiaxial Stress-Strain Relationship; Loading Conditions and Stress; Thermal Stress; Type of Stress Required to Produce Plastic Deformation; Maximum Stresses; Design Stresses; Criterion for the Onset of Plastic Deformation (Yielding); Stress Concentration; Criteria for Mechanical Failure; Applications: Analysis of Stresses in Specific Components; Solved Problems; MACROSCOPIC ASPECTS OF FRACTURE AND FRACTURE MECHANICS; Definition of Fracture; Objective of Fracture Mechanics; Use of the Terms Brittle and Ductile in Fracture; Crack Loading Modes and Macroscopic Morphology of Fracture Surfaces; Crack Propagation Under a Plane Strain Condition; Crack Propagation Under a Plane Stress Condition; Crack Propagation Under a Mixed State of Plane Strain and Stress; Sequence of Events Leading to Fracture; Classification of Crack Propagation Modes According to Loading Conditions; Variables Affecting Fracture Behavior; Basic Principles of Fracture Mechanics; Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM); Use of Fracture Mechanics in Design; Concept of Allowable Crack Size; Use of Fracture Mechanics in Failure Analysis; Selection of Materials Resistant to Fracture; STRUCTURE OF ENGINEERING ALLOYS; Introduction; Principles of Thermodynamics; Elements of Internal Structure; Structure of the Atom; Significance of the Electronic Structure of Atom; Electronic Structure and Chemical Properties: Classes of Elements; Origin of Interatomic Binding Forces; Types of Interatomic Binding Forces; Bond Strength and Properties of Materials; Arrangement of Atoms in Perfect Crystals; Understanding the Microscopic Plasticity of Perfect Crystals; Crystal Imperfections; Understanding the Microscopic Plasticity of Real Crystals; Alloy Phases and Phase Change; Equilibrium Phase Diagrams; Methods of Strengthening Engineering Alloys; MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION; Introduction; Techniques for Microstructural Characterization; Techniques for Chemical Analysis; Microstructural Engineering Alloys; CORROSION; Introduction; Low-Temperature Aqueous Corrosion; High-Temperature Corrosion; METALLURGICAL ASPECTS OF FRACTURE AND FRACTOGRAPHY; Introduction; Microscopic Aspects of Crack Nucleation; Microscopic Mechanisms of Crack Propagation; Fracture Modes and Fractography; FAILURE ANALYSIS PROCEDURE; Introduction; Definition of the Problem; Technical Background; Experimental Program and Analysis; Mode of Failure vs. Cause of Failure; Data Interpretation and Terminology; Recommendations; Failure Analysis Reports; CASE STUDIES; Introduction; Failure of Engineering Alloys Due to Improper Processing Practice; Failure of Engineering Products During Manufacturing; Effect of Variations in Design on Service Performance; Failure of Engineering Products During Service Because of Unanticipated Service Conditions; Failure of Engineering Products During Service Because of Improper Material Selection; Failure of Engineering Products During Service Because of Improper Service Conditions; APPENDIX A: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF SELECTED STEELS; APPENDIX B: UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS IN MECHANICS; APPENDIX C: MOMENT OF INERTIA OF SELECTED CROSS SECTIONS; INDEX
• Publisher Details: New York : Marcel Dekker
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620/.004; System failures (Engineering); Fracture mechanics; Reliability (Engineering); Fracture mechanics; Reliability (Engineering); System failures (Engineering); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0824757424; 9780824757427; 0203026292; 9780203026298
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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