Failure analysts, practicing engineers, and students of engineering will find useful guidance and detailed examples in this reference work on the challenging and complex task of investigating service failures and accidents. Based on over four decades of fieldwork by the Failure Analysis and Accident Investigation Group at the National Aerospace Laboratories (Bangalore, India), chapters in the book cover common causes of failures with numerous examples, methodology of failure analysis including some advanced techniques, various mechanisms of failures and characteristic macroscopic and microscopic features that provide significant clues to their causes. The authors also provide exemplary coverage on the detection and identification of damage from explosive sabotage. A separate section with more than 50 case studies of service failures also provides valuable lessons for future designers, manufacturers, users, and maintenance personnel.
Foreword by B.R. Pai
Foreword by V.S. Arunachalam
Preface
Part I : Failure Analysis of Engineering Structures : Methodology
Chapter 1 : Failure Analysis : Why and for Whom? Chapter 2 : Common Causes of Failure Chapter 3 : Failure Analysis Methodology Chapter 4 : Examination Methods Chapter 5 : Advanced Techniques of Failure Analysis Chapter 6 : Explosive Subotage Chapter 7 : Forensic Failure Analysis Chapter 8 : Failure Analysis and After
Part II : Failure Analysis of Engineering Structures : Case Histories
Case 1 : Failure of the Throttle End Fitting in an Aircraft Case 2 : Failure of a Low-Pressure Turbine Rotor (LPTR) Blade Case 3 : Failure of Bolts in a Radar Antenna System Reflector Joint Case 4 : Failure of a Main Wheel Bearing Housing Flange in an Aircraft Case 5 : Failure of an Aircraft Engine Fuel Pump Case 6 : Failure of an Adaptor Assembly in an Electronic Pod in an Aircraft Case 7 : Failure of a Stabilizer Link Rod in an Aircraft Case 8 : Failure of a Tie-Rod in an Aircraft Towing Tractor Case 9 : Failure of a Tail Rotor Blade in a Helicopter Case 10 : Failure of a Wheel Hub in an Aircraft Case 11 : Failure of a Turbine Blade in an Aircraft Engine Case 12 : Failure of a Aileron Control Cable in an Aircraft Case 13 : Failure of a Fuel Pump in an Aircraft Case 14 : Failure of a Center Support Bearings in an Aircraft Engine Case 15 : Failure of a Torque Sensor Bearings in an Aircraft Engine Case 16 : Failure of the Universal Joint of an Undercarriage in an Aircraft Case 17 : Failure of Dowel Bolts in an Aircraft Engine Case 18 : Failure of a Tail Rotor Blade in a Helicopter Case 19 : Failure of the Body Structure in a Helicopter at the Mixing Unit Attachment Case 20 : Failure of Elevator Hinge Pins in an Aircraft Case 21 : Failure of Aircraft Engine Compressor Rotors Case 22 : Failure of a First-Stage Compressor Blade in an Aircraft Engine Case 23 : Failure of Main Undercarriage Struts in an Aircraft Case 24 : Failure of a Quill Shaft Case 25 : Failure of a Cardon Shaft Case 26 : Failure of a Fuel Nozzle in an Aircraft Engine Case 27 : Failure of a First-Stage Compressor Blade in an Aircraft Engine Case 28 : Failure of Shutter Bolts of a Reaction Control Valve in an Aircraft Case 29 : Failure of a Second-Stage Compressor Blade in an Aircraft Engine Case 30 : Failure of a Second-Stage Turbine Blade in an Aircraft Engine Case 31 : Failure of a High-Pressure Turbine Blade in an Aircraft Engine Case 32 : Failure of a Compressor Blade in an Aircraft Engine Case 33 : Failure of a Low-Pressure Turbine Rotor (LPTR) Blade Case 34 : Cracking in the Wing Root Fitting in an Aircraft Case 35 : Failure of Quill Shafts in the Accessory Gear Box in an Aircraft Engine Case 36 : Failure of a Compressor Blade in an Aircraft Engine Case 37 : Failure of an Aileron Control Cable in an Aircraft Case 38 : Cracking of the Skin in the Main Rotor Blade in Helicopter Case 39 : Cracking in a Tail Rotor Blade in a Helicopter Case 40 : Failure of Wing Control Cable in an Aircraft Case 41 : Failure of the Nose Bullet in an Aircraft Engine Case 42 : Failure of Tail Boom Attachments in a Helicopter Case 43 : Cracking of Filter Components in an Aircraft Case 44 : Failure of an LP Turbine Disc in an Aircraft Engine Case 45 : Failure of a Cooling Fin in an Aircraft Engine Case 46 : Failure of a Fourth-Stage Compressor Disc in an Aircraft Engine Case 47 : Failure of Plungers in Hydraulic Pumps Case 48 : Failure of a Gear in an Aircraft Engine Case 49 : Failure of Nose Undercarriage Retraction Jack Support Beam Case 50 : Failure of a Rotor Blade in a Turbine in a Fertilizer Case 51 : Failure of Connecting Rod Bolts in a Ground-Based Engine Case 52 : Failure of a Turbine Vane in Hydroelectric Power Plant Case 53 : Failure of Compressor Blades in a Power Plant Case 54 : Failure of Max Screws in Fuel-Injection Pumps Case 55 : Failure of a Sealed Ball Bearing
