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Metals Handbook Desk Edition (2nd Edition)
Edited by
Joseph R. Davis
Joseph R. Davis
Davis & Associates
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ASM International
ISBN electronic:
978-1-62708-199-3
Publication date:
1998
Book Chapter
Use of Fractography for Failure Analysis
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Published:1998
Abstract
This article describes various evaluation techniques of fractography such as visual inspection, macroscopic and microscopic examinations that are used to resolve different aspects of failure. It gives a brief description and pictorial representation of various defects leading to fracture of metals, including laps, seams, cold shuts, cracks, inclusions, porosity, fatigue, and stress corrosion cracking.
Topics
Properties and performance,
Material failure analysis,
Fractography,
Cast iron,
Steel,
Stainless steel,
High-strength low-alloy steel,
Steel powder,
Superalloys,
Metallography,
Metal-matrix composites,
Aluminum,
Processing, treatment, and fabrication,
Stress corrosion cracking,
Surface flaws,
Macrostructural evaluation,
Microscopy,
Failure mechanisms and analysis,
Visual inspection
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Use of Fractography for Failure Analysis, Metals Handbook Desk Edition, 2nd ed., Edited By Joseph R. Davis, ASM International, 1998, p 1248–1253, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.hb.mhde2.a0003227
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