Synopses & Reviews
Product reliability is the major aim of technological know-how. Uninterrupted performance of manufactured products at typical and extreme conditions of its use is the major goal of product development and the most important indicator of material quality.
This book provides information on defect formation and materials damage. The following aspects of material performance are discussed:
1 Effect of composition, morphological features, and structure of different materials on material performance, durability, and resilience
2 Analysis of causes of material damage and degradation
3 Effect of processing conditions on material damage
4 Effect of combined action of different degradants on industrial products
5 Systematic analysis of existing knowledge regarding the modes of damage and morphology of
damaged material
6 Methods of analysis of material damage
7 Comparison of experiences generated in different sectors of industry regarding the most frequently encountered failures, reasons for these failures, and potential improvements preventing future damage
The name Atlas was selected to indicate emphasis of the book on illustration with many real examples of damaged products and discussion of causes of damage and potential for material improvements.
Special chapter contains examples of damage encountered in different groups of industrial products. Each group of materials is discussed according to the following breakdown:
1 Examples of damage typically encountered in a group under discussion
2 Results of structural analysis of degradation (e.g., image analysis, surface and bulk mapping by analytic techniques such as NMR, XPS, thermography, etc.)
3 Credit to the source of images, references, and explanations
4 Conditions under which material was degraded
5 Discussion of morphological features and observations
Data and images are provided for many material types, making this a hard-working reference guide for engineers working in a range of different market sectors.As well as providing core data, this reference explains the range of test and imaging techniques available, enabling engineers and scientists to take optimal and cost effective decisions.An essential tool for identifying material damage and implementing successful maintenance and replacement regimes.
Synopsis
Material damage, corrosion and material failure are vast cost factors in the economy at large, affecting every area of engineering, from infrastructure to electronics.
George Wypych has created a unique reference guide to enable engineers to identify and analyze the different forms of material damage that can lead to material failure.
Material damage is caused by a range of agents: mechanical energy (e.g. vibration or sudden impacts), heat, radiation, biodegradation, etc. In this handbook these causes of damage are examined and the various ways of assessing and analyzing damage are explored. As usual with a ChemTec handbook, essential data and images are provided for a wide range of materials in common use across a wide range of different application areas, from civil engineering to medical devices.
The result is a highly practical reference work that will enable engineers and scientists to plan maintenance and replacement regimes, and to limit exposure to unacceptable risks.
Data and images are provided for many material types, making this a hard-working reference guide for engineers working in a range of different market sectors.
As well as providing core data, this reference explains the range of test and imaging techniques available, enabling engineers and scientists to take optimal and cost effective decisions.
An essential tool for identifying material damage and implementing successful maintenance and replacement regimes.
Synopsis
Atlas of Material Damage has 464 microscopic pictures, schematic diagrams, and a few graphs, which show how materials fail, how they are produced to not fail, and how they are designed to perform particular functions to make outstanding products. Findings presented by each illustration are fully explained in the text and labeled. In the near past, products were distinguished by their formulations, which constituted highly guarded commercial secrets and know-how. Today, this is not enough. MATERIALS, TO COMPETE, must have optimal structure and specially designed morphology. This book gives numerous examples of how this special morphology can be achieved in electronics, the plastics industry, the pharmaceutical industry, aerospace, automotive applications, medicine, dentistry, and many other fields (see full list at the end). It is pertinent from the above that methods described by one branch of industry can be adapted by others. For example, technology that powers the slow or targeted release of pharmaceutical products can be used successfully to prevent premature loss of vital additives from plastics. Product reliability is the major aim of technological know-how. Uninterrupted performance of manufactured products at both typical and extreme conditions of their use is the major goal of product development and the most important indicator of material quality. This book provides information on defects formation, material damage, and the structure of materials that must perform designed functions. The following aspects of material performance are discussed: 1 Effect of composition, morphological features, and structure of different materials on material performance, durability, and resilience 2 Analysis of causes of material damage and degradation 3 Effect of processing conditions on material damage 4 Effect of singular and combined action of different degradants on industrial products 5 Systematic analysis of existing knowledge regarding the modes of damage and morphology of damaged material 6 Technological steps required to obtain specifically designed morphology required for specific performance 7 Comparison of experiences generated in different sectors of industry regarding the most frequently encountered failures, reasons for these failures, and potential improvements preventing future damage The above information is based on the most recent publications. Only 3% of sources were published before 2000 and about 65% appeared in 2009-2012. The name "Atlas" was selected to indicate the emphasis of the book on illustrations, with many real examples of damaged products and discussion of the causes of damage and potential for material improvements. This book should be owned and frequently consulted by engineers and researchers in: adhesives and sealants, aerospace, appliances, automotive, biotechnology, coil coating, composites, construction, dental materials, electronics industry, fibers, foams, food, laminates, lumber and wood products, medical, office equipment, optical materials, organics, metal industry, packaging (bottles and film), paints and coatings, pharmaceuticals, polymers, rubber, and plastics, printing, pulp and paper, ship building and repair, stone, textile industry, windows and doors, wires and cables. Professors and students in the above subjects will require this book for a complete survey of modern technology.