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Fractography in Failure Analysis of Polymers, Second Edition, provides a practical guide to the science of fractography and its application in the failure analysis of plastic components. In addition to a brief background on the theory of fractography, the authors discuss the various fractographic tools and techniques used to identify key fracture characteristics. The Second Edition includes additional material related to polymer life prediction testing and analysis. Case studies have been expanded, including a wide range of polymer types, new technologies, applications, and failure modes, as well as best practice guidelines enabling engineers to apply these lessons to their own work. Detaile...
This book presents fractography and failure analysis at a level that is accessible for non-expert readers, without losing scientific rigor. It offers a comprehensive description of fracture surfaces in engineering materials, with an emphasis on metals, and of the methodology for the observation of fracture surfaces. It also discusses in detail the main fracture mechanisms and their corresponding fracture surfaces, including brittle, ductile, fatigue, and environmental fractures. The last chapter is dedicated to the use of fractography in determining of the causes component failure. In modern engineering, the analysis of fractured components is a common practice in many fields, such as integrity management systems, materials science research, and failure investigations. As such this book is useful for engineers, scientists, engineering students, loss adjuster surveyors and any professional dealing with fractured components.
In spite of the best efforts of technologists, rubber components fail in service from time to time. In some cases replacement of a particular item serves the purpose, but in others the failure may lead to serious consequences involving financial loss, environmental contamination or loss of life. The fractographer is required to establish the root causes in terms of design, choice, and quality of material, and to determine the mechanism of failure based on the nature/details or appearance of fracture surfaces. It is the purpose of the present book to treat under a single title the morphology of fracture surfaces obtained from tear, fatigue, abrasion and combinations of these. The book attempt...
An advanced 1999 text for those working in materials science and related inter-disciplinary subjects.