ASM Handbook, Volume 11: Failure Analysis and Prevention is an essential guide for failure analysts, engineers, and technical professionals seeking to identify root causes of failures and prevent future occurrences.
This updated edition, revised from the 2002 and 1986 versions, serves as the definitive reference for addressing machine or component failures. Key features include:
Core Topics Covered:
Focus:
For more specific insights into component and equipment failures, the companion volume, ASM Handbook, Volume 11A: Analysis and Prevention of Component and Equipment Failures, provides detailed guidance
CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION TO FAILURE ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION
Introduction to Failure Analysis and Prevention
PRACTICE OF FAILURE ANALYSIS
The Failure Analysis Process: An Overview
How to Organize and Run a Failure Investigation
Determination and Classification of Damage
Examination of Damage and Material Evaluation
Nondestructive Evaluation Applications for Failure Analysis
Bulk and Microscale Composition Analysis
Microfractography and Metallography for Failure Analysis
Mechanical Testing
Stress Analysis and Fracture Mechanics
Finite Element Modeling and Failure Analysis
Modeling and Accident Reconstruction
Data Review, Conclusions, and Report Preparation
TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES IN FAILURE ANALYSIS
Visual Examination and Photography in Failure Analysis
Nondestructive Testing in Failure Analysis
Quantitative Chemical Analysis of Metals Failure Analysis
Metallographic Techniques in Failure Analysis
X-Ray Diffraction Residual Stress Measurement in Failure Analysis
Scanning Electron Microscopy
X-ray Spectroscopy in Failure Analysis
Chemical Characterization of Surfaces
FATIGUE AND FRACTURE
Fracture Appearance and Mechanisms of Deformation and Fracture
Mechanisms and Appearances of Ductile and Brittle Fracture in Metals
Fatigue Fracture Appearances
Intergranular Fracture
Monotonic Overload and Embrittlement
Fatigue Failures
Creep and Stress Rupture Failures
Thermomechanical Fatigue: Mechanisms and Practical Life Analysis
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CORROSION-RELATED FAILURES
Analysis and Prevention of Environmental and Corrosion-Related Failures
Forms of Corrosion
Hydrogen Damage and Embrittlement
Stress-Corrosion Cracking
Liquid Metal and Solid Metal Induced Embrittlement
High-Temperature Corrosion-Related Failures
Biological Corrosion Failures
WEAR FAILURES
Fundamentals of Wear Failures
Abrasive Wear Failures
Adhesive Wear Failures
Fretting Wear Failures
Rolling Contact Fatigue
Impact Wear Failures
Corrosive Wear Failures
Erosive Wear Failures
Liquid Droplet Impingement Erosion
DISTORTION
Analysis of Distortion and Deformation
REFERENCE INFORMATION
Glossary of Terms
Index
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