FAILURE ANALYSIS Fundamentals and Applications In Mechanical Components

JOSÉ LUIS OTEGUI

springer

Lugar: Ginebra; Año: 2014 p. 360

978-3-319-03909-1

This book approaches failures of structural elements, that is, those components whose basic mission is to sustain mechanical loads. From this we can conclude that failure causes will be related to the incapacity of the components and materials to support operative loads, at some time of their life. As components and systems become more complex, so do the mechanisms by which they fail. And because of this, understanding the causes of failures has never been more relevant. The modern methods for the analysis of real causes of failures respond to the need to interpret: ·        Why failures occur ·        How failures occur ·        How to avoid recurrence We live the way we do, and not another, because of the strengths, weaknesses, working costs and difficulties of the materials and components we used. This book is not only for engineers and scientists, although most of the technicians in these disciplines would benefit from reading. Its real benefit is for the "lay" curious who want to know more, those who may face circumstantially the consequences of system failures or mechanical components. This book should also be useful for students, future scientists or engineers.