Forensic engineering : the art and craft of a failure detective by Gagg, Colin

Table of Contents: “…</P><P>1.9 Forensic approach to failure</P><P>1.9.1 Reverse engineering</P><P>1.9.2 Associated costs of forensic investigation</P><P>1.10 Historic failures</P><P>1.10.1 Computer-aided technology limitations</P><P>1.11 Analytical techniques </P><P>1.12 Dissemination of knowledge and experience</P><P>1.12.1 Popular books</P><P>1.12.2 Event reporting</P><P>1.12.3 Text books</P><P>1.12.4 Forensic engineering teaching</P><P>1.13 Case study themes</P><P>1.13.1 The Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident of 2009 </P><P>1.14 Research enriched teaching</P><P>1.15 Concluding remarks</P><P>1.16 References</P><P></P><B><P>Chapter 2</P><P>Initial aspects of forensic failure investigation</P><OL><OL></B><P><LI>Introduction</LI><P></P></OL></OL><P>2.1 Three essential 'abstract' assets for the investigator </P><P>2.1.1 Assessing the situation</P><P>2.1.2 Initial visual observation as a fact-finding exercise</P><P>2.1.3 The failure scenario</P><P>2.1.4 Summary of understated investigative skills</P><P>2.2 Visual observation</P><P>2.2.1 Case study: visual comparison</P><P>2.2.2 Case study: common (engineering) sense </P><P>2.3 Forensic photography</P><P>2.4 Record keeping</P><P>2.5 Witness evidence</P><P>2.6 Documentary evidence</P><P>2.6.1 Case study: Fatal aircraft crash</P><P>2.7 Product and material standards</P><P>2.7.1 Case study: Step ladder accident </P><P>2.8 Patents</P><P>2.9 Surviving remains (detritus)</P><P>2.9.1 Gathering of evidence and the 'Chain of Evidence' </P><P>2.10 Product liability</P><P>2.10.1 Case study: Premature failure of a presentation cake knife </P><P>2.11 The 'Corporate' environment</P><P>2.11.1 Case study: Bird-strike testing of aircraft engines </P><P>2.12 Abuse or misuse</P><P>2.12.1 Case study: abuse</P><P>2.12.2 Case study: miss-use</P><P>2.13 References</P><P></P><B><P>Chapter 3 </P><P>A framework or methodology for forensic investigation </P><P></P><OL><OL></B><P><LI>Introduction</LI><P></P></OL></OL><P>3.1 Background to failure analysis methodology</P><P>3.2 An investigative path followed by the writer</P><P>3.2.1 Intuition (reasoning) and a 'structured' investigation framework</P><P>3.2.2 Individual stages of investigation</P><P>3.2.3 The field investigation kit</P><P>3.2.4 Initial approach to failure investigation</P><P>3.2.5 Background data collection</P><P>3.2.6 Sifting the evidence</P><P>3.2.6.1 Case study: Failure of a new design of horse bit </P><P>3.2.7 Records</P><P>3.2.8 Single items of evidence</P><P>3.3 The failure detective</P><P>3.3.1 Transformation stresses</P><P>3.3.2 Establishing a load transfer path to determine the 'weakest link'</P><P>3.3.3 Case study: The weakest link principle</P><P>3.3.4 Case study: Failure of a backhoe dipper arm</P><P>3.4 Computer-aided technologies</P><P>3.4.1 Case study: failure of an open-ended spanner </P><P>3.5 The forensic engineering Report</P><P>3.6 Concluding remarks</P><P>3.7 References</P><P></P><B><P>Chapter 4 </P><P>Analytical methods</P><P></P></B><P>4.0 Introduction to a typical forensic engineering 'toolbox'</P><P>4.1 Non-destructive testing (NDT)</P><P>4.1.1 Case study: Failure of a power transmission shaft</P><P>4.2 Crack detection and the human eye</P><P>4.2.2 Surface appearance of common cracks</P><P>4.2.3 Other crack detection techniques</P><P>4.3 Hardness testing</P><P>4.3.1 Case study: Pin-punch splintering</P><P>4.3.2 Relationship between hardness and tensile strength</P><P>4.4 Indirect stress/strain analysis</P><P>4.4.1 Brittle lacquer technique</P><P>4.4.2 Case study: Cycle accident</P><P>4.4.3 Photo-elastic stress measurement</P><P>4.5 Conventional (contact) radiography</P><P>4.5.1 Case study: Failure of a vehicle motherboard</P><P>4.5.2 Case study: Heavy goods vehicle fire</P><P>4.6 Summary of NDT inspection</P><P>4.7 Forensic optical microscopy</P><P>4.7.1 Macroscopic examination</P><P>4.7.2 Examination under magnification: optical microscopy</P><P>4.7.3 Reflected light microscopy</P><P>4.7.4 Stereo microscopy</P><P>4.8 Metallography</P><P>4.9 Scanning electron microscopy</P><P>4.9.1 The environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM)</P><P>4.9.2 Case study: Hit and run accident</P><P>4.10 Optical versus scanning microscopy</P><P>4.10.1 Case study: Printed circuit board (PCB) failure</P><P>4.10.2 Case study: Prototype PCB failure</P><P>4.11 Energy dispersive X-Ray analysis (EDAX)</P><P>4.12 Destructive testing methods</P><P>4.12.1 Tensile testing</P><P>4.12.2 Flexure or bending</P><P>4.12.3 Case study: Cracking of aluminium pressings</P><P>4.12.4 Torsion testing</P><P>4.12.5 Shear testing </P><P>4.12.6 Izod or Charpy impact test</P><P>4.12.7 Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)</P><P>4.12.8 Case study: Electronic component registration difficulties</P><P>4.13 Novel tools and techniques</P><P>4.13.1 The contour method </P><P>4.13.2 Neutron diffraction</P><P>4.13.3 Nano test systems</P><P>4.13.4 Flash thermography</P><P>4.13.5 Thermographic Signal Reconstruction (TSR)</P><P>4.13.6 Electromagnetically induced acoustic emission (EMIAE)</P><P>4.13.7 Pulsed eddy current (PEC)</P><P>4.13.8 Microwave technology</P><P>4.14 References</P><B><P></P><P>Chapter 5</B> </P><B><P>Sources of stress and service failure mechanisms</P></B><P></P><P>5.0 Introduction</P><P>5.1 Fundamental mechanical background</P><P>5.1.1 Stresses and strains</P><P>5.1.2 Ductile and brittle transition</P><P>5.1.3 Fracture toughness and linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM)</P><P>5.1.4 Limitations of a fracture mechanics approach</P><P>5.1.5 Stress Concentration (Kt)</P><P>5.1.6 Case study: stress concentration -- cement mill power input shaft </P><P>5.1.7 Residual stresses</P><P>5.1.8 Summary of fundamental mechanical background</P><P>5.2 Service failure mechanism</P><P>5.2.1 Case study: Hubble space telescope mirror and the Team Philips catamaran </P><P>5.3 Mechanical Failure</P><P>5.4 Hydrogen Embrittlement</P><P>5.4.1 Sources of hydrogen </P><P>5.4.2 <EM>Hydrogen induced brittle failure</P></EM><P>5.5 Impact</P><P>5.6 Bending</P><P>5.7 Torsion</P><P>5.8 Creep</P><P>5.9 Fatigue</P><P>5.9.1 Minimizing susceptibility to onset of fatigue failure</P><P>5.9.2 Case study: Failure of a power transmission gear wheel </P><P>5.9.3 Fatigue related failure modes</P><P>5.9.4 Approximating the history of a fatigue failure</P><P>5.9.5 Summation of fatigue as a service failure mechanism</P><P>5.10 Wear</P><P>5.11 Corrosion</P><P>5.11.1 Case study: The Statue of Liberty </P><P>5.11.2 Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC)</P><P>5.11.3 Case study: SCC of brass impeller blades</P><P>5.12 Manufacturing fabrication as a source of stress</P><P>5.12.1 Casting</P><P>5.12.2 Casting Failure Analysis</P><P>5.12.3 Case study: Extrusion press</P><P>5.12.4 Welding</P><P>5.12.5 Quench cracking</P><P>5.12.6 Tempering and toughening</P><B><P></B>5…”
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Global economic prospects. June 2015, The global economy in transition.

Table of Contents: “…B1.3.1 Global unemployment rate -- B1.3.2 Unemployment rate in developing and advanced economies -- B1.3.3 Regional unemployment rate -- B1.3.4 Change in employment to population ratio -- B1.3.5 Labor force participation rate -- B1.3.6 Changes in unemployment rate and GDP growth in Great Recession vs. previous recessions in developing economies -- B1.3.7 Estimates of Okun's Law coeffcients for advanced, emerging, and frontier market economies -- B1.3.8 Real GDP growth and change in unemployment rates in developing economies, 2000-14 -- B1.3.9 Estimated informal employment shares in selected countries, 2011 -- B1.3.10 Global average annual real wage growth -- B1.3.11 Real wage growth in selected developing economies -- B1.3.12 Enterprise Survey results on key business constraints, 2013 -- 1.30 Fuel subsidies -- SF1.1 Conditions in advanced countries -- SF1.2 Explaining movements in U.S. bond yields: monetary and real shocks -- SF1.3 A smooth liftoff in light of past episodes? -- SF1.4 U.S. bond yields and capital flows during the taper tantrum -- SF1.5 Market liquidity -- SF1.6 Implications of monetary and real shocks on activity and financial markets in emerging markets -- SF1.7 Surging U.S. yields and capital inflows to emerging and developing countries -- SF1.8 Growth prospects in emerging and developing economies -- SF1.9 Debt, deficits and inflation in emerging markets: Oil exporters vs. oil importers -- SF1.10 Evolution of vulnerabilities in emerging markets since the taper tantrum -- SF1.11 Foreign currency exposure and corporate debt -- SF2.1 Growth in low-income countries -- SF2.2 Trends in commodity prices, exploration and discovery -- SF2.3 Commodity exploration, spending and discoveries in Africa -- SF2.4 Impact on growth, production, and exports -- SF2.5 Impact on investment -- SF2.6 Employment and poverty.…”
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Extraction 2018 Proceedings of the First Global Conference on Extractive Metallurgy

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