Transportation Component Failures |
Aircraft-Aerospace |
Aircraft Accident Caused by Explosive Sabotage |
Cracking in an Aircraft Main Landing Gear Sliding Strut |
Cracking in an Aircraft Nose Landing Gear Strut |
Failed Mixer Pivot Support of an Army Helicopter |
Failure Analysis of a Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) Fuel Isolation Valve |
Failure of Aircraft Target Towing Cables |
Failure of a Transport Aircraft Relay Valve Guide |
Fatigue Fracture of a Helicopter Tail Rotor Blade Due to Field-Induced Corrosion |
Processing-Induced Fatigue Fracture of a Helicopter Tail Rotor Blade |
Fatigue Fracture of a Transport Aircraft Crankshaft During Flight |
Ground Transportation Components |
Contact Fatigue Failure of a Bull Gear |
Failure of Four Cast Steel Gear Segments |
Failure of Trailer Kingpins Caused by Overheating During Forging |
Failure of a Sprocket Drive Wheel in a Tracked All-Terrain Vehicle |
Failure Analysis of an Exhaust Diffuser Assembly |
Fatigue Failure of Steering Arms Due to Forging Defects |
Fracture of a Train Wheel Due to Thermally Induced Fatigue and Residual Stress |
In-Service Failure of SAE Grade 8.1 Wheel Studs |
Mechanical Failure of a Repair Welded Ferritic Malleable Cast Iron Spring Hanger |
Quench Cracking in a Turntable Rail |
Three-Wheel Motorcycle Frame Failures and Redesign |
Process Equipment Failures |
Heat Exchangers |
Failure of Admiralty Brass Condenser Tubes |
Failure of Nickel-Base Superalloy Heat-Exchanger Tubes in a Black Liquor Heater |
Failure of a Copper Condenser Dashpot |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking of a Brass Tube in a Generator Air Cooler Unit |
Thermal Fatigue Failure in a Vaporizer |
Pressure Vessels |
Failure of AM350 Stainless Steel Bellows |
Failure of Three Cyclone Separators |
Intergranular Stress-Corrosion Cracking Failure in AISI Type 316 Stainless Steel Dished Ends Near Weld Joints |
Liquid Metal Embrittlement of Bronze Rupture Discs |
Transgranular Stress-Corrosion Cracking Failures in AISI 304L Stainless Steel Dished Ends During Storage |
Pipes and Pipelines |
Acidic Pitting in Waterwall Tubing |
Alkaline Type Boiler Tube Failures Induced by Phosphate Water Treatment |
An Unusual Case of Hydrogen-Induced Failure in a Refinery Boiler Tube |
Caustic Gouging and Caustic-Induced Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Superheater Tube U-Bends |
Caustic-Induced Stress-Corrosion Cracking of a Flue Gas Expansion Joint |
Corrosion Failure of a Chemical Piping Cross-Tee Assembly |
Corrosion Failure of Stainless Steel Thermowells |
Cracking in a Reducing Pipe From a Pressurized Water Reactor |
Cracking of Inconel 800H in a Steam Methane Reformer Furnace |
Dealloying in Aluminum Bronze Components |
Failure of Carbon Steel Superheater Tubes |
Failure of a High-Pressure Steam Pipe |
Failure of a Pipe Slip-on Flange |
Failure of a Reactor Tube |
Failure of an Aluminum Brass Condenser Tube |
Failure of an Embrittled Tube |
Galvanic Corrosion Failure of Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe Flange Assemblies |
Graphitization Related Failure of a Low-Alloy Steel Superheater Tube |
Leaks in Copper Tubing From Cooling Coils of a Large Air-Conditioning Unit |
Mercury Liquid Embrittlement Failure of 5083-O Aluminum Alloy Piping |
Short-Term Failure of Carbon Steel Boiler Tubes |
Steam Superheat 800H Tube Failure |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking in a Downcomer Expansion Joint |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking in a Stainless Steel Emergency Injection Pipe in a Nuclear Reactor |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Stainless Steel Superheater Tubing |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking of a Swaged Stainless Steel Reheater Pendent Tube |
Thermal Fatigue Failure of Alloy UNS NO8800 Steam Superheating Tubes |
Tanks |
Brittle Fracture Explosive Failure of a Pressurized Railroad Tank Car |
Failure of Welded Helium Tanks |
Failure of a Stainless Steel Tank Used for Storage of Heavy Water/Helium |
Fatigue Failure at Fillet-Welded Nozzle Joints in a Type 316L Stainless Steel Tank |
Auxilliary Components |
Failure of AISI Type 347 Stainless Steel Bellows |
Failure of a Martensitic Stainless Steel Ball Valve |
Failure of a Reversible Flap Valve in a Thermal Power Station |
Hydrogen Damage in a Waterwall Boiler Tube Section |
Rotating Equipment Failures |
Blades, Disks, and Rotors Cracking in a Steam Turbine Rotor Disk |
Failure Analysis of a Cracked Low-Pressure Tube Blade |
Failure of Non-Magnetic Retaining Ring in a High-Speed Generator Rotor |
Failure Analysis of Turbine Blades |
Fatigue Cracking of Gas Turbine Diaphragms |
Fatigue Failure of Titanium Alloy Compressor Blades |
Fatigue Fracture of a Fan Blade |
Fatigue Fracture of a Precipitation-Hardened Stainless Steel Actuator Rod End |
Metallurgical Analysis of Steam Turbine Rotor Disc |
Thrust Bearing Failure Leading to the Destruction of a Propeller Rotor |
Impellers |
Aluminum/Refrigerant Reaction Resulting in the Failure of a Centrifugal Compressor |
Cracking of a Main Boiler Feed Pump Impeller |
Fatigue Failure of an Aluminum Turbine Impeller |
Metallurgical Failure Analysis of Cracks in a Compressor Turbine Impeller |
Shafts |
Failure Analysis of a Hydroturbine Shaft |
Failure of a Crane Long-Travel Worm Drive Shaft |
Failure of a Service Water Pump Shaft |
Fatigue Failure of a Circulating Water Pump Shaft |
Fracture of a Coupling in a Line-Shaft Vertical Turbine Pump |
Valve Failures |
Dezincification of a Chrome-Plated Cylinder Gas Valve |
Failure of Brass Hot Water Reheat Valves |
Failure of Three Valve Body Castings |
Fracture of a Spike Maul |
Fastener Failures |
Anomalous Fractures of Diesel Engine Bearing Cap Bolts |
Cracking at the Threads of Stud Bolts Used for Lifting Plastic Mold Dies |
Failed Bolts From an Army Tank Recoil Mechanism |
Failed Main Rotor Pitch Horn Bolt from an Army Helicopter |
Failure Analysis of a Helicopter Main Rotor Bolt |
Fracture of a Trunnion Bolt Used To Couple Railway Cars |
Hydrogen-Assisted Stress Cracking of Carburized and Zinc Plated SAE Grade 8 Wheel Studs |
Hydrogen Embrittlement Delayed Failure of a 4340 Steel Draw-in Bolt |
Electrical Equipment Failures |
Arcing Fault Burndown in Low Voltage Residential Service Entrance with Aluminum Conductors |
Corrosion Fatigue Failure of Stainless Steel Load Cells in a Milk Storage Tank |
Failure of Nickel Anodes in a Heavy Water Upgrading Plant |
Fatigue Failures of Connecting Bolts in a Truck Crane |
Formation of Refractory Films on Metal Contacts in an Electrical Switchgear |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking in Stainless Steel Heater Sheathing |
Termination Delamination of Surface-Mount Chip Resistors |
Miscellaneous Failures |
Biomedical Components |
Failure of a Stainless Steel Hip Fracture Fixation Device |
Fatigue Fracture of Titanium Alloy Knee Prostheses |
Fracture of a Cast Stainless Steel Femoral Prosthesis |
Springs |
Analysis of Music Wire Springs Used in a Printer Mechanism |
Failed Missile Launcher Detent Spring |
Tools |
Brittle Failure of Titanium Nitride-Coated High Speed Steel Hob |
Cracking on the Parting Line of Closed-Die Forgings |
Spalling of a Ball-Peen Hammer |
Industrial Structures |
Brittle Fracture in a Large Grain Storage Bin |
Chloride-Induced Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Cooling Tower Hanger Rods |
Nonmetallic Material |
Failure of a Laminated-Paper Food Cooking Tray |
Failure of a Squeeze-Clamped Polyethylene Natural Gas Pipeline |
Feedwater Piping Erosion at a Waste-to-Energy Plant |
Hydrogen Damage of Waterwall Tubes |
Solvent-Induced Cracking Failure of Polycarbonate Ophthalmic Lenses |
High-Temperature |
Creep Failure of a Superheater Tube Promoted by Graphitization |
Failure of a Reformer Tube Weld by Cracking |
Hot Corrosion of Stage 1 Nozzles in an Industrial Gas Turbine |
General |
Corrosion Failure of Stainless Steel Components During Surface Pretreatment |
Cracking During Forging of Extruded Aluminum Alloy Bar Stock Material |
Failure of Compound Bow Handle Risers |
Failure of a Steel Wire Rope From a Television Tower |
Failure of a Transmission Brake Disc |
Explosion of an Oxygen Line |
Fatigue Failure of a Carbon Steel Piston Shaft on an Extrusion Press Billet-Loading Tray |
Fracture of the Bottom Platen of an 800 Ton Hydraulic Press |
Hydrogen Embrittlement Cracking in a Batch of Steel Forgings |
Index |
Transportation Components |
Aircraft |
Aircraft Landing Gear Fracture |
Analysis of Wing Main Spar Cracking |
Cracking of Aluminum Alloy Aircraft Undercarriage Forgings |
Engine Accessory Angle Drive Gear Failure |
Failure of a Helicopter Main Rotor Blade |
Fatigue Fracture of a C130 Aircraft Main Landing Gear Wheel Flange |
Hydrogen-Assisted Fracture of a 17-4PH Airplane Wing Component |
Main Rotor Yoke Cracking |
Mode III Fatigue Crack Growth Following the Curvature of the Heat Affected Zone of a Type 321 Stainless Steel Spot Weld |
Premature Torquing Failure of Cast A356 Aluminum Actuators |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking of a High-Strength Steel Frame in a Fighter Aircraft |
Aerospace Components |
Degradation of a Main Combustion Chamber Liner on a Space Shuttle Main Engine |
Failure of a Stirling Engine Heat Pipe |
Fatigue Failure of Regenerator Screens in a High-Frequency Stirling Engine |
Bacteria-Induced Corrosion of a Stainless Steel Chemical Trailer Barrel |
Effect of Strain Rate on the Failure Mode of a Rear Axle |
Examination of Broken Lamp Filaments Following a Rear-End Vehicular Collision |
Failure of Wrist Pins in an Automotive Engine |
Fatigue Failure of a 1000 mm (40 in.) Diam Trailer Wheel at the Bolt Holes |
Fatigue Failure of a Steering Spindle on a Tricycle Agricultural Field Chemical Appli Fatigue Failure of an Axle From a Prototype Urban Transit Vehicle |
Fatigue Failure of Welded Truck Cross Members |
Fatigue Fracture of a Stainless Steel Leaf Spring |
Process Equipment |
Embrittlement of a 76 mm (3 in.) Stainless Steel Pipe and Liner From a Failure Analysis of Admiralty Brass Condenser Tubes |
Failure of Brass Heat Exchanger Tubes |
Heat Exchanger Corrosion in a Chlorinated Solvent Incinerator |
Intergranular Corrosion in an E-Brite Clad Ferralium Tube Sheet in Nitric Acid Service |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Stainless Steel Heat Exchanger Tubes in a Fertilizer Plant |
Corrosion and Cracking of the Internal Surfaces of a Black Liquor Digester |
Corrosion Fatigue and Subsequent Rupture of a Yankee Dryer Roll on a Modified Paper Machine |
Corrosion Fatigue Cracking of a Steam Generator Vessel From a Pressurized Water Reactor |
Fatigue Cracking in a Stainless Steel Welded Exhaust Hose Assembly |
Hydrotest Failure of a Carbon Steel Pressure Vessel |
Stress-Corrosion Fracture in Silver Solid-State Bonds of Uranium |
Catastrophic Failure of a 1830 mm (72 in.) Diam Spiral-Welded Water Line |
Failure Analysis of the Moderator Branch Pipe of a Pressured Hot Water Reactor |
Failure of a Brass Pipe Nipple |
Failure of a High-Pressure Water-Line Plug in a Fire Sprinkler System |
Field Replication of Stress-Corrosion Cracking in a Type 316 Stainless Steel Pressure Vessel |
Intergranular Corrosion/Cracking of a Stainless Steel Pipe Reducer Section in Bleached Pulp Stock Service |
Intergranular Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Carbon Steel Pipe Welds In a Kamyr Continuous Digester Equalizer Line |
Internal Cracks in Cast Steel With 9% Nickel for Cryogenic Applications |
Pitting Corrosion of Stainless Steel by Potable Municipal Water in an Organic Chemical Plant |
Rapid Pitting Failure of Type 304 Stainless Steel Pipework |
Single-Phase Erosion Corrosion of a 460 mm (18 in.) Diam Feedwater Line Break |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking of a Teflon-Lined Steel Pipe in Sulfuric Acid Service |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking of C-Mn Steel in a C02 Absorber in a Chemical Plant |
Corrosion Failure of Stainless Steel Tanks |
Failure of a Type 317L Stainless Steel Clad Bottom Cone of an Acid Sulfite Pulping Batch Digester |
Unexpected Corrosion of Type 316L Stainless Steel Neutralization Tanks |
Auxiliary Components |
Brittle Fracture of a Cast Iron Valve in Oleum and Sulfuric Acid Service |
Environmental Cracking of a Low-Alloy Steel Welded Impeller Cover From a Centrifugal Unit |
Excessive Wear of Plain Carbon Steel Sprockets in a Chemical Plant Producing Fibers |
Failure of a Yoke Body of Master Slave Manipulator Due to Casting Defect |
Fatigue Failure of Stainless Steel Wires in a Electrostatic Precipitator at a Paper Plant |
Rotating Equipment |
Bearings and Gears |
Electrostatic Discharge Attack on a Thrust Bearing Face in a Power Turbine |
Fatigue Failure of a Carburized Steel Gear From a Helicopter Transmission |
Gear Failure of a Pressurized Heavy-Water Reactor Refueling Machine |
Blades, Disks, and Rotors |
Condition Assessment and Improvement of a Steam Turbine Rotor |
Failure of a Steam Turbine Due to a Design Flaw |
Fatigue Fracture of Aircraft Engine Compressor Disks |
Flow-Induced Vibration Fatigue of Stainless Steel Impeller Blades in a Circulating Water Pump |
Corrosion Failure of Four Pump Impellers |
Failure of a Boiler Feed Pump Second-Stage Impeller |
Hot Cracking of a Pump Impeller From a Nuclear Plant |
Intergranular Cracking and Failure of Stainless Steel Vanes from a Closed, Riveted Impeller |
Repeated Failure of Rubber Slurry Pump Impellers and Liners in a Flue Gas Desulfurization Plant |
Shafts and Housings |
Failure of a Carrier Shaft |
Failure of a Cast Steel Crosshead |
Failure of a Flexible Pump Connector |
Fracture of a Turbine Impeller Shaft |
Surface Damage on a Transfer Gear Shaft |
Fasteners |
Cracking of an Alloy Steel Solt |
Environmentally-Induced Fracture of Type 410 Martensic Stainless Steel Self-Drilling Tapping Screws |
Failure of a 20 Ton Polar Crane Motor by Bolt Fatigue |
Failure of a Stud From a Boiler Manhole |
Fatigue Failure of 316L Stainless Steel Screws Employed for Surgical Implanting |
Fatigue Failure of Six Cap Screws From a Hydraulic Coupling |
Fracture of Alloy Steel Cap Screws in a Refrigeration Compressor |
Fractures of Hot Dip Galvanized Steel Anchor Bolts in Chemical Plant Construction Project |
Hydrogen Embrittlement Failure of Socket Head Cap Screws |
Liquid Metal Embrittlement of Flange Connector Studs in Contact With Cadmium |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking of a Ship Propeller Tap Bolt |
High-Temperature Failures |
Failure of a Heat-Resistant Sinter Belt |
Failure of a Tied Universal Expansion Joint |
Furnace Element Tube Failures |
Gaseous Corrosion of a Heat-Resistant Alloy (Metal Dusting) |
High-Temperature Failure by Perforation of Incoloy 800H Pigtails in Reformer Furnaces |
Hot Corrosion of Stainless Steel Grate Bars in Taconite Indurators |
Thermal Fatigue of an Austenitic Stainless Steel Tube |
Miscellaneous |
Structural Components |
Brittle Fracture of the Tension Flange of a Steel Box-Girder Bridge |
Failure of an I-Beam |
Hydrogen Induced Cracking of Welded Truss Gusset Plates |
Oil and Gas Production Components |
Brittle Fracture of a Marine Riser Clamp |
Failure of 9% Ni Steel Production Tubing |
Failure of Grade J-55 Electric Resistance Welded Production Tubing |
Hydrogen Embrittlement of P-110 Couplings for Mating 180 mm (7 in.) Casing in Oilfield Production |
Failure of Stainless Steel Springs Used in an Oil Ring Lip Seal |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking Caused by Residual Stresses in Chromium-Silicon Alloy Steel Helical Compression Springs |
Failure of an ASTM A681-89 H13 Die Segment for Die Casting of Aluminum |
Service Failure of a Die Insert Made From AISI D2 Tool Steel |
Sledgehammer Chipping Failure |
Valves |
Intergranular Corrosion Failure in Zn-Al Alloy Solenoid Valve Seats |
Electrical Equipment |
Failure Fracture of Aluminum Wires in High-Voltage Electrical Cables in Alaska |
Failure of an Aluminum Connector in a Electrical Transmission Cable 428@ Delayed Fracture of Tempered Glass Panels Due to Nickel Sulfide Inclusions |
Failure of Two Plastic Toilet-Tank Floats |
Fracture of Steam Pipes Removed From Service |
Failure of a Cast Steel Crane Bolster |
Failure of a Seat on a School Playground Swing Set |
Failure of Hot-Rolled Steel Bars |
Failure of Pendent Sprinkler Heads |
Failure of the Bond Between a Cobalt Alloy Prosthetic Casting and a Sintered Porous Coating |
Tensile Failure of a Hoist Chain Link |