Product reliability is the major aim of technological know-how.
Uninterrupted performance of manufactured products at typical and
extreme conditions of its use is the major goal of product development
and the most important indicator of material quality.
This book provides information on defect formation and materials damage.
The following aspects of material performance are discussed:
1 Effect of composition, morphological features, and structure of
different materials on material performance, durability, and resilience
2 Analysis of causes of material damage and degradation
3 Effect of processing conditions on material damage
4 Effect of combined action of different degradants on industrial
products
5 Systematic analysis of existing knowledge regarding the modes of
damage and morphology of
damaged material
6 Methods of analysis of material damage
7 Comparison of experiences generated in different sectors of industry
regarding the most frequently encountered failures, reasons for these
failures, and potential improvements preventing future damage
The name "Atlas" was selected to indicate emphasis of the book on
illustration with many real examples of damaged products and discussion
of causes of damage and potential for material improvements.
Special chapter contains examples of damage encountered in different
groups of industrial products. Each group of materials is discussed
according to the following breakdown:
1 Examples of damage typically encountered in a group under discussion
2 Results of structural analysis of degradation (e.g., image analysis,
surface and bulk mapping by analytic techniques such as NMR, XPS,
thermography, etc.)
3 Credit to the source of images, references, and explanations
4 Conditions under which material was degraded
5 Discussion of morphological features and observations
