ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Buildings, Bridges, and Infrastructure
Fractured Suspension Bar
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Published:2019
Abstract
A ceiling in a concrete structure was hung on flat bars with a cross section of 30 x 80 mm. The bars were borne by a slit steel plate and supported by tabs that were welded onto the flat sides. One of the bars fractured during mounting when it was dropped from a height of about 1 m onto the opposite support. The fracture was a grainy forced rupture that propagated from one of the fillet welds. Investigation showed a steel was selected for this important construction that was prone to aging and that in fact had aged through...
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Member Sign InFriedrich Karl Naumann, Ferdinand Spies, Fractured Suspension Bar, ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Buildings, Bridges, and Infrastructure, ASM International, 2019, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.bldgs.c9001261
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