Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS). The aim of this book is to develop, in the reader, the necessary skills required for designing materials, components and structures so as to resist fracture and failure in engineering applications. In order to achieve this objective, the authors have adopted a combined materials science-fracture mechanics-design approach. Although the material covered is designed for an advanced undergraduate course in metallurgy/materials engineering, students coming from mechanical, civil or aerospace engineering backgrounds will also be able to use this text as a course/reference book. In addition to students, practising engineers and production mangers will also find this book very useful; particular with regard to designing components and machine elements so as to resist fracture and failure in critical applications.

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Preface About the Authors Table of Contents Part 1: Design and Fracture Mechanics Chapter 1: Introduction. 1.1 Failure and Engineering Disasters? 1.2 What Are the Causes of Engineering Disasters? 1.3 Why Design against Failure Is Important! 1.4 Some Historical Engineering Failures and their Causes Summary Additional information. Questions Chapter 2: Strength and Safety in Design 2.1 How Strength of a Material Is Related to Response to Fracture and Failure 2.2 What is Safe-Design? and What is its Role in Manufacturing? 2.3 What Approach Should Be Adopted in Designing a Machine Element? 2.4 What Is Engineering Risk; and how Is it Assessed? 2.5 What is the Importance of Safety Factor (FoS) in Design? 2.6 Approach to Be Adopted for Designing against Metallurgical Failures 2.7 How are Failure Theories Helpful in Predicting Failures? Summary Additional Information Questions and Problems Chapter 3: Elements of Fracture Mechanics 3.1 What are the Causes of Failures in Solids and Structures? 3.2 What is the Importance of Stress Concentration Factor (s.c.f)? 3.3 How Griffith Crack Theory is Helpful in Predicting Fracture Behaviour 3.4 How Can we Analyze Cracks? 3.5 How Can we Distinguish among K, Kc and Kic? 3.6. Generalized K Expression with Geometric Compliance Function, Y Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems Chapter 4:The Design against Fracture: Philosophy and Practices 4.1 How Can we Design Materials and Systems against Growth of a Crack? 4.2 How Can we Design a Thin-Walled Pressure Vessel against Fracture? 4.3 How Can we Decide Whether or Not a Design Is Safe to Use? 4.4 How Can we Apply Design Philosophy for Materials Selection, Design of a Component and Test Method? 4.5 What is the Role of ndt in Design against Fracture? 4.6 What is Damage Tolerance Design Methodology (DTDM)? Summary Questions and Problems Part 2: Fracture and Failure Mechanisms Chapter 5: Fracture Mechanisms in Metals 5.1 Ductile and Brittle Fracture 5.2 Macroscopic and Microscopic Features of Fracture Mechanisms 5.3 How are Microscopic Examinations Helpful in Identifying Fracture? 5.3.1 Intergranular Brittle Fracture Mechanism 5.3.2 Transgranular Fracture Mechanism Summary Additional Information Questions and Problems Chapter 6: Failure Mechanisms in Composite Materials 6.1 What is a Composite Material? 6.2 The Effective Properties of Composite Materials 6.3 Failure Mechanisms in Composite Structures 6.4 Case Study: Failure Modes and Energy Absorption of Crushing Behavior in Composite Material Summary, Additional Information Questions and Problems Chapter 7: Metallurgical Failures. 7.1 How Temperature Drop Results in Ductile-Brittle Transition Failure 7.2 How Cyclic Loading May Lead to Fatigue Failure 7.3 How Temperature and Time Increase May Lead to Creep Failure 7.4 How Corrosive Environment May Lead to Failure by Environmentally Assisted Cracking (EAC) 7.5 How Surface Conditions May Lead to Failure by Wear and Erosion Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems Part 3: Failure Analysis and Prevention Chapter 8: General Practices in Failure Analysis. 8.1 What is Failure Analysis? 8.2 What is Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)? 8.3 Stages and Procedures in Failure Analysis 8.4 Equipment and Techniques in Failure Analysis 8.5 Case Studies in Failure Analysis Summary Additional Information Questions and Problems Chapter 9: Role of Electron Fractography in Failure Analysis 9.1 How is Electron Microscopy (Fractography) Helpful in Failure Analysis? 9.2 The Practical Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) in Electron Fractography 9.3 Macro-and micro-fractography in the sem 9.4 Case Study in Failure Analysis Involving Electron Fractography Summary Questions and Problems Chapter 10: Design against Fatigue and Ductile Failures 10.1 How Can we Design Materials against Ductile Failure? 10.2 Designs against Fatigue Failure 10.3 How Fatigue Life Can Be Improved by Introducing Residual Compressive Stresses? 10.4 How Can we Compute Fatigue Life and Attain Fail –Dafe Design? Summary Additional Information Questions and Problems Chapter 11: Design against Failures Caused by Temperature & Environment 11.1 Design against Ductile-Brittle Transition (DBT) Failure 11.2 Design against Creep Failure 11.3 Design against Environmental Assisted Cracking (EAC)/Corrosion 11.4 Design against Wear Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems. Answers to Problems