Material Failure

Latest Material Failure Articles

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  Materials Selection

  How and Why a Material Fractures

  Almost all engineered structures, from gears and valves, to buildings and bridges, must be designed to function safely and effectively. Failure in even the smallest...

  By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer

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  Scientific Properties

  The Effects of Corrosion on the Shear Behavior of Materials

  Shear strength is a material property analogous to the ultimate tensile strength (UTS), with the key difference being in the plane in which the strain acts. It is still...

  By: Nemanja Pavlovic

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  Scientific Properties

  Understanding the 3 Types of Tensile Strength

  Tensile strength is one of the most fundamental properties in any building material. This mechanical property is frequently used to assess the suitability of materials...

  By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer

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  Failure

  Emergency In-Situ Repair Problems & Surface-Tolerant Solutions

  One of the major challenges faced by maintenance engineers across many industries is the limited amount of time in which urgent repairs must be carried out. In the real...

  By: Levente Bazsanyi | Product Manager

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  Failure

  The Relationship Between Corrosion Fatigue and Stress Corrosion Cracking

  Corrosion fatigue of engineering materials, mainly metals, has been a topic of research worldwide for over a century. This type of corrosion failure was first observed...

  By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer

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  Prevention

  Corrosion Control Considerations in the Equipment Design Process

  Corrosion is a global challenge that design engineers must address to reduce failures throughout the equipment life cycle. The electrochemical reaction that costs...

  By: Corrosionpedia Staff

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  Corrosion

  The 3 Stages of Corrosion Failure Analysis

  Failure analysis is a vast concept that includes different fields such as electronics, mechanics, metallurgy, corrosion and so forth. However, for a corrosion engineer,...

  By: Mehdi Yari | Electrochemistry and Corrosion Laboratory at the University of Western Ontario

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  Prevention

  Why Concrete Delamination Occurs - and What to Do About It

  Delaminations in concrete slabs can be a serious problem, but often they are "heard" before they are seen. Here's an example:A concrete floor slab placed...

  By: Corrosionpedia Staff

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  Corrosion Prevention

  Corrosion Fatigue of Welded Joints on Marine Offshore Structures

  Corrosion fatigue is a major concern when the integrity and safety of any offshore structure is concerned. These structures, as well as ships, are subjected to the...

  By: Nemanja Pavlovic

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  Corrosion Prevention

  Solving Multilayer Coating Delamination Issues During Pipeline Installation

  Fusion-bonded epoxy (FBE) is a proven coating technology used to protect steel pipelines from corrosion, both in buried and atmospheric environments. In these types of...

  By: Alan Kehr | Managing Consultant, Alan Kehr Anti-Corrosion, LLC

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  Failure

  INFOGRAPHIC: The Flixborough Disaster

  Most corrosion failures are not unique. For the majority of failures, a similar failure has occurred in the past. It is up to the experts to conduct failure analyses and...

  By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer

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  Corrosion

  What We Can Learn From Mass Underground Water Pipe Corrosion

  In North America, underground water pipe break rates were up 27% in the six years between 2012 and 2018, and the increase in break rates for cast iron pipes is much...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu