This thorough reference work discusses various causes of failure with integrated coverage of process metallurgy of steels by forging, casting, welding, and various heat treatment processes. The breadth of coverage and the numerous examples provide an invaluable resource for the designer, engineer, metallurgist, mechanical and materials engineers, quality control technicians, and heat treaters.
Description
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.
Contents:
1. Component Design
2. Overview of the Mechanisms of Failure in Heat Treated Steel Components
3. General Aspects of Failure Analysis
4. Failure in Steel Forging
5. Failures from Casting Process
6. Carburizing and Carbonitriding
7. Fatigue Fracture of Nitrided Layers
8. Quenching
9. Tempering
10. Failure Analysis in Tool Steels
11. Aerospace Failure Analysis
12. Powder Metal Components
13. Induction Hardening
14. Failure Analysis of Steel Welds
The volume was edited by George E. Totten, G.E. Totten & Associates; Lauralice de C.F. Canale, Universidade de Sao Paulo; and Rafael A. Mesquita, Villares Metals.
| Continuous Cooling Diagrams of Selected Steels |
General Aspects of Failure Analysis |
| Austenitizing Temperatures for Steels |
Component Design |
| Failure Analysis in Tool Steels |
Metric Conversion Guide |
| Fatigue Fracture of Nitrided Layers |
Failure Analysis of Powder Metal Steel Components |
| Non-AISI to AISI Steel Cross Reference |
Failure in Steel Forging |
| Physical Properties of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels |
Isothermal Diagrams of Selected Steels |
| Overview of the Mechanisms of Failure in Heat Treated Steel Components |
Case Studies of Steel Component Failures in Aerospace Applications |
| Temperature Conversion Table |
Steel Heat Treatment Failures due to Quenching |
| Induction Hardening |
Iron-Carbon Equilibrium Diagram |
| Failures from the Casting Process |
Temper Colors for Steels |
| Mechanisms and Causes of Failures in Heat Treated Steel Parts |
Steel Failures due to Tempering and Isothermal Heat Treatment |
| Steel Hardness Conversions |
Failure Analysis of Steel Welds |
| AISI to Non-AISI Steel Cross Reference |
Sources of Failures in Carburized and Carbonitrided Components |
Failure Analysis of Heat Treated Steel Components
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