Practical Plant Failure Analysis: A Guide to Understanding Machinery Deterioration and Improving Equipment Reliability, Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781138324114 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 382 str.

Neville W. Sachs

Opis

This book is designed for engineering and skilled trades personnel involved in improving machinery maintenance and reliability. It explains the four major failure mechanisms and how to identify them. Knowing the physical failure mechanics involved, the reader can then solve the physical and human causes.

Spis treści

1. An Introduction to Failure Analysis. 2. Some General Considerations on Failure Analysis. 3. Materials and the Sources of Stresses. 4. Overload Failures. 5. Fatigue Failures (Part 1): The Basics. 6. Fatigue ( Part 2): Torsional, Low, and Very Low Cycle Failure Influences, and Some Fatigue Interpretations. 7. Understanding and Recognizing Corrosion. 8. Lubrication and Wear. 9. Belt Drives. 10. Ball and Roller Bearings. 11. Gears. 12. Fasteners and Bolted Joint Failures. 13. Miscellaneous Machine Component Failures-Chains, Lip Seals, Couplings, Universal Joints, and Plain Bearings.