Understanding How Components Fail - $134.95

"This book is an important, single-source text covering the basic principles of failure analysis, with examples using common metals and components.

Moreover, the author has taken a very important topic and provided a well-researched book that presents subtle insights, balancing theory and practice. In the text, descriptions of major failure modes in chapters are so well-encapsulated, they probably could be read in random order without loss.

From the brittle fracture of Liberty ships to the high-temperature corrosion of gas turbine blades, the author covers a wide spectrum of failures caused by problems in design, materials, processing, route, manufacture, installation, operation, and maintenance...

The final chapter—"Fracture Mechanics"—is contributed by E.J. Kubel and captures the essence of approaches to fracture mechanics with minimum fuss, disguising the mathematics with pictorial and textual illustrations. This chapter is not only readable and self-contained, but also technically precise."

A practical, useful source of information on metal failures. In writing this reference, the author relied on his 20 years of experience teaching a self-developed course on the principles of failure analysis of metals.

Complex metallurgical subjects are made easy to understand by the use of sketches, analogies, photographs and examples.

A complete glossary of terms is also included. This hardbound book of 14 chapters replaces the well-known, widely used 1966 classic, How Components Fail.