Handbook of Technical Diagnostics: Fundamentals and Application to Structures and Systems

ISBN-13: 9783642258497 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 566 str.

Horst Czichos

Opis

This work reviews the detrimental influences on structures and systems that demand long-term tuning by today's engineers. It describes practical and applicable techniques for the detection and analytical evaluation of defects, faults and failures.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Scope of Technical Diagnostics.- Application of Technical Diagnostics.- Physics of Failure.- Methods and Techniques for Diagnostics and Monitoring.- Overview of Diagnostics and Monitoring Methods and Techniques.- Stress and Strain Determination.- Modal Analysis.- Vibration Analysis.- Acoustic Emission.- Nondestructive Evaluation.- Infrared Thermography.- Industrial Radiology.- Computed Tomography.- Embedded Sensors.- Micro-Diagnostics: X-ray and Synchrotron Techniques.- Surface Chemical Analysis at the Micro and Nano Scale.- Subsurface Microstructural Analysis.- Technical Diagnostics of Machines and Plants.- Principles and Concepts of Technical Failure Analysis.-  Failure Analysis: Case Studies.- Machinery Diagnostics.- Structural Health Monitoring and Performance Control.- Principles, Concepts and Assessment of Structural Health Monitoring.- Buildings.- Bridges.- Pipelines.- Electric Power Stations and Transmission Networks.- Offshore Wind Structures.- Railway Systems.- Guidelines for Structural Health Monitoring.- Excursion.- Diagnostics in Arts and Culture.

O autorze

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Horst Czichos has been President of BAM, the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (1992-2002) and President of EUROLAB, the European Federation of National Associations of Measurement, Testing and Analytical Laboratories (1999-2003). He holds degrees in precision engineering, physics and materials science from the Free University and the Technical University of Berlin, and obtained a Dr. h.c. from KU Leuven University for his research work in tribology. He is currently Professor of Mechatronics at the University of Applied Sciences, BHT Berlin, and received 2007 the Beuth Award for achievement in engineering education.

Blurb

This book presents concepts, methods and techniques to examine symptoms of faults and failures of structures, systems and components and to monitor functional performance and structural integrity. The book is organized in five parts. Part A introduces the scope and application of technical diagnostics and gives a comprehensive overview of the physics of failure. Part B presents all relevant methods and techniques for diagnostics and monitoring: from stress, strain, vibration analysis, nondestructive evaluation, thermography and industrial radiology to computed tomography and subsurface microstructural analysis. Part C cores the principles and concepts of technical failure analysis, illustrates case studies, and outlines machinery diagnostics with an emphasis on tribological systems. Part D describes the application of structural health monitoring and performance control to plants and the technical infrastructure, including buildings, bridges, pipelines, electric power stations, offshore wind structures, and railway systems. And finally, Part E is an excursion on diagnostics in arts and culture. The book integrates knowledge of basic sciences and engineering disciplines with contributions from research institutions, academe, and industry, written by internationally known experts from various parts of the world, including Europe, Canada, India, Japan, and USA.