CHAPTER 8

Failure Analysis and Prevention

 

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Beyond the first responders, materials engineers play a vital role in the investigation of transportation failures by providing an understanding of how materials fail. (© NTSB/ Alamy.)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

    1. Identify the principles of the Charpy and Izod Tests for measuring impact energy.
    2. Describe the range of values for impact energy across a variety of engineering materials, with a special awareness of the ductile-to-brittle transition that has been observed in conjunction with failures in certain bcc metal alloys.
    1. Explain the importance of fracture ...

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