Practical plant failure analysis : a guide to understanding machinery deterioration and improving equipment reliability /: a guide to understanding machinery deterioration and improving equipment reliability. (©2007)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Practical plant failure analysis : a guide to understanding machinery deterioration and improving equipment reliability /: a guide to understanding machinery deterioration and improving equipment reliability. (©2007)
- Main Title:
- Practical plant failure analysis : a guide to understanding machinery deterioration and improving equipment reliability
- Further Information:
- Note: Neville W. Sachs.
- Other Names:
- Sachs, Neville W
- Contents:
- An Introduction to Failure Analysis ; The Causes of Failures; Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Understanding the Roots; The Human Error Study; Latent Roots; How the Multiple Roots Interact; The Benefits and Savings; Summary; Some General Considerations on Failure Analysis ; The Failure Mechanisms: How They Occur and Their Appearances; Summary; Materials and the Sources of Stresses ; Stress; Elasticity; Plasticity; Modulus of Elasticity (Young’s Modulus); Toughness; Fatigue; Some Basic Metallurgy; Plain Carbon Steel: The Basics; Understanding Steel Terminology and Material Designations; Strengthening Metals; Summary; Overload Failures ; Introduction; Unusual Conditions; Summary; Fatigue Failures (Part 1): The Basics ; Fatigue Failure Categories; Fatigue (Part 2): Torsional, Low-Cycle, and Very-Low-Cycle Failure Influences and Fatigue Interpretations ; Torsional Fatigue Loads; River Marks and Fatigue Crack Growth; Plate and Rectangular Failures; Fatigue Data Reliability and Corrosion Effect on Fatigue Strength; Residual Stress; Combined Fatigue and Steady State Stresses; Base Material Problems; Very-Low-Cycle and Low-Cycle Fatigue; Very-Low-Cycle in Relatively Brittle Materials; VLC in Ductile Materials; Unusual Situations; Failure Examples; Understanding and Recognizing Corrosion ; Corrosion Rates; pH Effects; Effect of Available Oxygen; Exposure Time and Flow Effects; Temperature Effects; The Eight Types of Corrosion; Lubrication and Wear ; Three Types of Lubricated Contacts;An Introduction to Failure Analysis ; The Causes of Failures; Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Understanding the Roots; The Human Error Study; Latent Roots; How the Multiple Roots Interact; The Benefits and Savings; Summary; Some General Considerations on Failure Analysis ; The Failure Mechanisms: How They Occur and Their Appearances; Summary; Materials and the Sources of Stresses ; Stress; Elasticity; Plasticity; Modulus of Elasticity (Young’s Modulus); Toughness; Fatigue; Some Basic Metallurgy; Plain Carbon Steel: The Basics; Understanding Steel Terminology and Material Designations; Strengthening Metals; Summary; Overload Failures ; Introduction; Unusual Conditions; Summary; Fatigue Failures (Part 1): The Basics ; Fatigue Failure Categories; Fatigue (Part 2): Torsional, Low-Cycle, and Very-Low-Cycle Failure Influences and Fatigue Interpretations ; Torsional Fatigue Loads; River Marks and Fatigue Crack Growth; Plate and Rectangular Failures; Fatigue Data Reliability and Corrosion Effect on Fatigue Strength; Residual Stress; Combined Fatigue and Steady State Stresses; Base Material Problems; Very-Low-Cycle and Low-Cycle Fatigue; Very-Low-Cycle in Relatively Brittle Materials; VLC in Ductile Materials; Unusual Situations; Failure Examples; Understanding and Recognizing Corrosion ; Corrosion Rates; pH Effects; Effect of Available Oxygen; Exposure Time and Flow Effects; Temperature Effects; The Eight Types of Corrosion; Lubrication and Wear ; Three Types of Lubricated Contacts; Manufacturing a Lubricant; Greases; Lubricant Applications; Summary; Defining Wear Mechanisms; Summary Comments on Wear Failures; Belt Drives ; Belt Design; Belt Operation and Failure Causes; Drive Efficiencies; Belt Drive Failure Analysis Techniques; Ball and Roller Bearings ; Bearing Materials; Parts of a Bearing; Cages; Bearing Ratings and Equipment Design; A Detailed Rolling Element Bearing Failure Analysis Procedure; Roller and Tapered Roller Bearing Mounting Surfaces; Summary; Gears ; Gear Terminology; Types of Gears; Tooth Action; Load and Stress Fluctuations; Gear Materials; Tooth Contact Patterns; Backlash; Design Life and Deterioration Mechanisms; Through-Hardened Gear Deterioration Mechanisms; Case-Hardened Gear Deterioration Mechanisms; Analyzing Gear Failures; Failure Examples; Summary; Fastener and Bolted Joint Failures ; How Bolts Work; Fastener Failures; Failure Examples; Miscellaneous Machine Element Failures ; Chains; Lip Seals; Flexible Couplings; Bibliography for Practical Plant Failure Analysis ; Index … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Copyright Date:
- 2007
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (266 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 621.8/16
Machinery -- Reliability
System failures (Engineering)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Machinery
Machinery -- Reliability
System failures (Engineering)
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781420020007
1420020005 - Related ISBNs:
- 0849333768
9780849333767 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257) and index.
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