Failure Analysis References - Publications and Web Links

Publications

  1. ASM Metals Handbook Volume 9 ("Metallography and Microstructures"), Volume 11 ("Failure Analysis and Prevention") and Volume 12 ("Fractography"), ASM, Metals Park, Ohio.

  2. Tool and Manufacturing Engineers Handbook, Volume 3 ("Materials, Finishing and Coating"), SME, Dearborn, Michigan.

  3. Rabinowicz, "Friction and Wear of Materials", John Wiley and Sons.

  4. American Foundrymen's Society, "International Atlas of Casting Defects".

  5. Weldon, "Failure Analysis of Paints and Coatings", John Wiley and Sons.

  6. "Hydrogen Damage", edited by Cedric Beachem, ASM, Metals Park, Ohio.

  7. Wulpi, "Understanding How Components Fail", ASM, Metals Park, Ohio.

  8. "Heat Treater's Guide - Standard Practices and Procedures for Steel", ASM, Metals Park, Ohio.

  9. Jones, "Principles and Prevention of Corrosion", Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.

  10. "ASM Materials Engineering Dictionary", edited by J.R. Davis, ASM, Metals Park, Ohio.

  11. "Source Book in Failure Analysis", ASM, Metals Park, Ohio.

  12. "Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis", Volumes 1 and 2, ASM, Metals Park, Ohio.

  13. "Metals Handbook - Desk Edition", ASM, Metals Park, Ohio.

  14. "Welding Handbook", Volumes 1 and 2, AWS, Miami, Florida.

  15. Toms, "Machinery Oil Analysis - Methods, Automation & Benefits", 2nd Edition, Coastal Skills Training Inc., Virginia Beach, VA 1998, ISBN: 0-9664604-0-5.

  16. Fontana, M. & N.D. Green, "Corrosion Engineering", McGraw Hill.

  17. Shigley, J., C. Mischke & R. Budynas, "Mechanical Engineering Design", McGraw Hill.

  18. Engel, L. and Klingele H., "An Atlas of Metal Damage: Surface Examination by Scanning Electron Microscope" , Prentice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632, ISBN 0-13-050005-4.

  19. Engel, L. and Klingele H., "An Atlas of Polymer Damage: Surface examination by scanning electron microscope" , Prentice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632, ISBN 0-13-050013-4.

  20. Tallian, T.E., "Failure Atlas For Hertz Contact Machine Elements, 2nd Edition", ASME Press, Three Park Avenue, New York 10017, ISBN 0-7918-0084-9.

  21. "Failure Analysis of Metallic Materials by Scanning Electron Microscopy", Metals Research Division IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, ISBN 0-915802.

  22. McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, "SEM/TEM Fractography Handbook", Metals and Ceramics Information Center, Battelle Columbus Laboratories, 505 King Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43201.

  23. George D. Quinn, "Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses", NIST Special Publication 960-16 (NIST Recommended Practice Guide), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington DC, 2007.

  24. "Material Failure Modes - Desk Reference", Benjamin D Craig, AMPTIAC, Rome NY, 2005 (2.5 MB Adobe Acrobat File).

, Rome, NYWeb Links

Professional and Standards Organizations

 

American Gear Manufacturers Association www.agma.org

ASM International http://www.asminternational.org/

ASTM http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?E+mystore

Government Standards http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/

Military specifications and technical reports www.dtic.mil/

NIST Recommended Practice Guides http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/practiceguides/practiceguides.htm

SAE Aerospace http://www.sae.org/servlets/index

 

Failure Analysis Disciplines

 

Crash Investigations www.ntsb.gov

Failure Analysis Articles (1) http://www.plant-maintenance.com/maintenance_articles_failure.shtml

Failure Analysis Articles (2) http://www.maintenanceresources.com/referencelibrary/failureanalysis/index.htm

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) http://www.npd-solutions.com/fmea.html

 

Engineering and Materials Data

 

Advanced materials and processes technology information http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/
Chemical information www.epa.gov/enviro/html/emci/chemref/complete_index.html

Engineering Fundamentals http://www.efunda.com/home.cfm

Material properties www.matweb.com

Metallography information www.metallography.com/index.htm
Metallography (Microstructure) - www.georgesbasement.com/Microstructures/Introduction.htm

MSDS (access to over 250,000 compounds) http://www.vwrsp.com/search/index.cgi?tmpl=msds

Surface finishes, coatings www.finishing.com
Surface finishes, coatings www.pfonline.com

 

Other

 

Acronym finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/

Conversions (1) http://www.sciencemadesimple.net/conversions.html

Conversions (2) http://onlineconverters.com/elselinks.html

How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Industrial product/service locator http://www.thomasnet.com/index.html