This book presents fractography and failure analysis at a level that is accessible for
non-expert readers without losing scientific rigor. It offers a comprehensive description of
fracture surfaces in engineering materials with an emphasis on metals and of the methodology
for the observation of fracture surfaces. It also discusses in detail the main fracture
mechanisms and their corresponding fracture surfaces including brittle ductile fatigue and
environmental fractures. The last chapter is dedicated to the use of fractography in
determining of the causes component failure. In modern engineering the analysis of fractured
components is a common practice in many fields such as integrity management systems materials
science research and failure investigations. As such this book is useful for engineers
scientists engineering students loss adjuster surveyors and any professional dealing with
fractured components.
