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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299475303321

Autore

Otegui Jose Luis

Titolo

Failure analysis : fundamentals and applications in mechanical components / / Jose Luis Otegui

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham [Switzerland] : , : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-03910-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 313 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

620

620.1

620.11

620.112

Soggetti

Failure analysis (Engineering)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Tools for Preliminary Analysis of a Mechanical Failure -- Tools for the Microscopic Analysis of a Mechanical Failure -- Damage and Failure Mechanisms -- Characterization and Testing of Materials -- Mechanical Modelling Tools applied to Failure Analysis -- Root Cause Analysis -- Damage and Failure Mechanisms in Machinery -- Mitigation and Life Prediction -- Consequences of a Failure Analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the failures of structural elements, i.e. those components whose primary mission is to withstand mechanical loads. The book is intended as a self-contained source for those with different technical grades, engineers and scientists but also technicians in the field can benefit from its reading.