Potential failures of heat treated steel are detailed to help identify cause in preventing future occurrence and improving reliability of heat treating process and part performance. With a detailed focus on steel failures, this work can help identify root causes of failure, even if a thermal process is not specifically being considered as cause.
Potential failures are covered with respect to design, material composition, component production, and thermal processing. Beginning with design aspects of component failure, chapters are devoted to several aspects of steel manufacturing including casting, forging or powder metallurgy in addition to heat treating operations.
Topics include production problems such as porosity, flaws, and surface defect that may influence failures occurring during subsequent heat treatment or during use. Many examples of heat treatment failures are provided with special focus on the demands of Tool Steels and Aerospace Materials.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Component Design
Chapter 2 : Overview of the Mechanisms of Failure in Heat Treated Steel Components
Chapter 3 : Mechanisms and Causes of Failures in Heat Treated Steel Parts
Chapter 4 : General Aspects of Failure Analysis
Chapter 5 : Failure in Steel Forging
Chapter 6 : Failures from the Casting Process
Chapter 7 : Sources of Failures in Carburized and Carbonitrided Components
Chapter 8 : Fatigue Fracture of Nitrided Layers
Chapter 9 : Steel Heat Treatment Failures due to Quenching
Chapter 10 : Steel Failures due to Tempering and Isothermal Heat Treatment
Chapter 11 : Failure Analysis in Tool Steels
Chapter 12 : Case Studies of Steel Component Failures in Aerospace Applications
Chapter 13 : Failure Analysis of Powder Metal Steel Components
Chapter 14 : Induction Hardening
Chapter 15 : Failure Analysis of Steel Welds
Appendix A : Metric Conversion Guide
Appendix B : Temperature Conversion Table
Appendix C : Steel Hardness Conversions
Appendix D : Austenitizing Temperatures for Steels
Appendix E : Temper Colors for Steels
Appendix F : Physical Properties of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels
Appendix G : AISI to Non-AISI Steel Cross Reference
Appendix H : Non-AISI to AISI Steel Cross Reference
Appendix I : Iron-Carbon Equilibrium Diagram
Appendix J : Isothermal Diagrams of Selected Steels
Appendix K : Continuous Cooling Diagrams of Selected Steels
Index
