Books by Keyword: Fractography

Description: The rapid advancement of materials science continues to expand the possibilities of engineering design, increasing machine durability and optimising production performance. This special edition is dedicated to two significant domains of materials science: polymers and composites, and surface engineering of structural metals, and aims to serve as a valuable reference for researchers, engineers, and graduate students engaged in materials development, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation.

Description: This book was created from invited lectures and conference contributions of the "Metallography & Fractography 2022" conference, which is featured as an essential event for the presentation of results achieved in materials science and engineering. The conference participants come from universities, academic research institutions and different branches of industry with an interest in materials science and engineering. The conference also has strong support from companies that are experts in unique experimental equipment. The conference's ambition is regularly to expand the program to cover new approaches, new advanced materials and technologies, new findings in fundamental research and practical production, and to intensify international contacts.

Description: The presented special publication includes a series of articles on two topics from applied materials research - fractographic analysis of structural metal materials and analysis properties and deposition technologies of thin films and coatings for optical and photovoltaic applications. This special edition will be helpful to many specialists from machinery and micro-, optoelectronics and optics.

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The 15th conference on metallography was held on September 21-23, 2021, in Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic. It was focused on the application of metallography in industrial practice - for the solution of production problems, elucidation of premature failure of machine components and constructions during service, breakdowns or accidents. In addition, some results of new research projects which could improve manufacturing technology or the quality of machine products were presented. Among other contributions from the conference collected in this book, individual papers deal with failure causes and fracture mechanisms, insufficient material properties and incorrect function of the components. Using metallographic analyses, which include light and electron microscopy, spectroscopic methods, and physical methods for the detection of defects, material structures are also investigated. Results are correlated with material properties, and recommendations for production improvement are given.

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The 43rd volume of the journal "Advanced Engineering Forum" of peer-reviewed papers presents the engineering solutions and research results in mechanical properties of materials and precise processing technologies in mechanical engineering, applied mechanics, fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, the thermal efficiency of salt gradient solar pond, optical communication, bridge monitoring, and wood application, ecological impact assessment of gas-fired power plant. The professionals, students, and scientific investigators working in the various engineering fields will find this volume of value.

Description: This volume contains selected papers presented at the
17th International Symposium on Metallography, Fractography and Materials Science (April 24 – 26, 2019, Nový Smokovec, High Tatra Mountains, Slovak Republic). Collected articles focus on not only research in the field of steel, alloys, and metallic materials but also in the field of numerous modern materials and technologies - ceramics, composites, amorphous materials, special coatings, and powder metallurgy.

Description: This book contains selected contributions presented on the 14th conference “Contribution of Metallography to Production Problem Solutions” held on 6 – 8 June 2017 in the Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic. The conference was focused on application of metallography in industrial practice - for solution of production problems, elucidation of premature failure of machine components and constructions during service, breakdowns or accidents. In addition some results of new research projects which could improve manufacturing technology or quality of machine parts are presented. Individual papers deal with failure causes and fracture mechanism, insufficient material properties and incorrect function of the components. Using metallographic analyses, which include light and electron microscopy, spectroscopic methods, physical methods for detection of defects, material structures are investigated. Results are correlated with material properties and recommendations for production technologies improvement are given.

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The book covers a broad range of topics related to damage and failure of structural materials and parts. The collection contains the results of research and analysis of the fracture behavior of the materials that are subject to fatigue and extreme plastic deformation including analysis of the failures caused by stress concentrators such as welded joints. Several papers focus on the structural design of engineering parts and prediction of their lifespan based on the knowledge of damage processes. The materials combine aspects of experimental, theoretical and computational investigations with an emphasis on the direct applications in engineering.

The book was comprised of the papers presented at the conference "New Methods of Damage and Failure Analysis of Structural Parts" (November 01-04, 2016, Yokohama, Japan).

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 13^th Contribution of Metallography to Solving of Production Trouble, June 17-19, 2014, Lázně Libverda, Czech Republic.
The 33 papers are grouped as follows:
I. Steels;
II. Alloys;
III. Surface Treatment and Powder Metallurgy;
VI. Welding and Creep Resistant Materials;
V. Methods of Research and Analyze;
IV. Failure Analysis

Description: This collection of 30 articles presents research results, in the field of light metal alloys, grouped into 3 chapters. Chapter I presents subjects related to the manufacture of aluminum alloys, grain refinement and welded joints. It also presents the results of investigations into manufacturing methods for, and the properties of, aluminium-matrix composites. Chapter II presents the results of research carried out on conventional and new magnesium casting-alloys. The first group of articles covers the effects of modification upon the structure and properties of casting alloys. The following papers present research results on the plastic deformation of Mg alloys. Subsequent articles cover topics related to welding technologies, and the final part of the chapter concerns magnesium-matrix composites. The results of research carried out on new generations of titanium alloys are presented in Chapter III, which includes investigations of the microstructure and properties of Ti-Al based alloys. The possibilities of heat-treatment and diffusion-brazing of Ti alloys are also discussed.