The new ASM Handbook Volume 11A is a valuable resource for failure analysts, engineers, and technical personnel who are looking to identify the root cause(s) of failures and to prevent future failures. The editors and hundreds of authors and peer reviewers undertook a wholesale revision and expansion of Volume 11 from its 2002 and 1986 editions and succeeded in producing the go-to reference for those confronted with the failure of a machine or component.

The new ASM Handbook, Volume 11A is a valuable resource for failure analysts, engineers, and technical personnel who are looking to identify the root cause(s) of failures and to prevent future failures. The editors and hundreds of authors and peer reviewers undertook a wholesale revision and expansion of Volume 11 from its 2002 and 1986 editions and succeeded in producing the go-to reference for those confronted with the failure of a machine or component.

Volume 11A contains divisions devoted to engineering aspects of failure and prevention, structural life assessment methods, metal manufacturing aspects of failure, and failure analysis of metallic components.

The general principles of failure analysis are presented in the companion ASM Handbook, Volume 11: Failure Analysis and Prevention, which was published in 2021. Its divisions cover the practice of failure analysis, tools and techniques, fatigue and fracture, environmental and corrosion-related failures, wear failures, and distortion.

CONTENTS:

ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF FAILURE AND PREVENTION
Materials Selection for Failure Prevention
Design Review for Failure Analysis and Prevention
The Role of the Engineering Expert in Product Liability Litigation
Reliability-Centered Maintenance

STRUCTURAL LIFE ASSESSMENT METHODS
Failure Prevention through Life Assessment of Structural Components and Equipment
Brittle Fracture Assessment and Failure Assessment Diagrams
Analysis Methods for Probabilistic Life Assessment
Fatigue-Life Assessment
Assessment of Damage to Structures and Equipment Resulting from Explosion, Fire, and Heat Events
Elevated Temperature Life Assessment
Corrosion and Remaining Life Assessment

METAL MANUFACTURING ASPECTS OF FAILURE
Failures of Castings
Analysis of Sheet Forming Failures
Failures of Hot Forming Processes
Prevention of Machining Related Failures
Failures Related to Additive Manufacturing
Failures Related to Welding
Problems Associated with Heat Treated Parts
Failures in Soldering
Failures of Brazed Joints

FAILURE ANALYSIS OF METALLIC COMPONENTS
Failures of Shafts
Failure Analysis of Mechanical Fasteners
Failures of Mechanical Springs
Failure Analysis of Cranes and Lifting Equipment
Failures of Sliding Bearings
Failures of Rolling-Element Bearings and their Prevention
Failure Analysis of Gears and Reducers
Failures of Turbine Components
Failures of Pipelines
Failures of Bridge Components
Failures of Pressure Vessels and Process Piping
Failure Analysis of Heat Exchangers
Failure Analysis of Boilers and Related Equipment
Failure Analysis of Welded Structures
Failures of Tools and Dies
Failure Analysis of Medical Devices
Failure Analysis of Railroad Components
An Overview of Aircraft Accident Investigation and Component Failures

REFERENCE INFORMATION
Glossary of Terms
Index