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Undercutting Formation Mechanism in Gas Metal Arc Welding

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2016-06-04_07h59_57A vision­based sensing system was improved to acquire 2D images of weld pool shape and tracer particle movement simultaneously. …..

Based on analysis of tracer particle movement, roles of different associated forces, such as gravity, arc drag force, Maragoni force, magnetic force, droplet impact, and viscous force, were investigated. The results show that liquid metal under the arc decreases to a thin liquid layer if the welding speed is more than 1.0 m/min. This phenomenon makes viscous resistance increase in the thin liquid layer, which impedes transverse spreading of liquid metal. Thus, it is difficult for the weld toe to be filled by molten metal. Meanwhile, experiments revealed the amount of forward molten metal can be ignored in the front and middle of the weld pool. Therefore, it is difficult for the weld toe to be filled by the backward molten metal. As a result, undercutting defects appear during high­speed welding……..

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Analyse de défaillance : une démarche de progres

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L’analyse de défaillance est un processus méthodique permettant un diagnostic efficace des causes des différents modes de défaillance: rupture, usure, corrosion. La connaissance des origines des avaries facilite la mise en œuvre d’actions correctives et préventives afin qu’elles ne se reproduisent pas.

Pour l’industriel, fabricant ou utilisateur, une défaillance a souvent de lourdes conséquences :
– arrêt de production et pertes d’exploitation,
– litiges commerciaux et baisse d’image de marque,
– accidents humains,
… donc des conséquences financières!

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Effect analysis of an arc-strike-induced defect on the failure of a post-tensioned threadbar

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An article about a case study published in « Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis » – april 2016.

A temporary threadbar used for precast segmental construction broke during the post-tensioning stage before reaching the service load. Failure analysis showed that the premature failure of the bar was due to the presence of an arc strike. The arc strike effects on the material and threadbar integrity are considered.

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Effect of Hydrogen Charging on the Wear Behavior of Spring Steel

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spring-steel-wireAn article published in the « International Journal of Engineering Science and Computing« , June 2016.

Spring steel is a prominent piece of material in industrial and automotive application. Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) is an inherent phenomenon, which will occur during the course of service life, at the same time it has to sustain a variety of loads acting on it. Among all the wear of spring steel plays a vital role. Hydrogen embrittlement leads for pre mature failure of the component. In view of this, an attempt was made in this experimental study to performance of hydrogen embrittled spring steel (EN-47 / SAE 6150/SUS 10) under the dry sliding condition. The specimen preparation and the experimentations have been carried out according to the ASTM standards. The experiments performed based on plan of taguchi technique. Cathodic charging is having been adopted for the embrittlement of the spring steel material. A known level of embrittlement has made, wear test has been carried out. Results have shown that, load and sliding distance is more pronounced on the wear of the embrittled spring steel material rather than speed.

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Analysis of a failed rocker arm shaft of a passenger car engine

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A case study published in « Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis » – april 2016.

This paper investigates the failure of a rocker arm shaft of a passenger car. The shaft failed by brittle fracture across one of the four holes supporting the shaft into the cylinder head. The running distance of the engine just before failure was 40,626 km. These cracks may have been induced in the shaft by the non-uniform cooling during quenching in the course of heat treatment, or may be nucleated by repeated loading during service. This premature failure has occurred by the rapid crack propagation because of the lower fracture toughness of the martensite.

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Hydrogen Embrittlement of Industrial Components: Prediction, Prevention, and Models

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A paper find on ResearchGate and published in « Corrosion-Houston_Texas « – July 2016.

This paper gives an overview of the application of a model for structural integrity analysis of boiler tubes made of plain carbon steel exposed during operation to a local corrosion process and multiple hydrogen assisted degradation processes: hydrogen embrittlement and high-temperature hydrogen attack. The model is based on the correlation of mechanical properties to scanning electron microscopy fractography analysis of fracture surfaces in the presence of simultaneously active hydrogen embrittlement micro-mechanisms. The proposed model is practical for use as a predictive maintenance in power plants, as it is based on the use of standard macro-mechanical tests.

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Failure analysis of tube-to-tubesheet welded joints in a shell-tube heat exchanger

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An article in progress in « Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis », Volume 7 (october 2016).

In this work, fracture failure of a shell-tube heat exchanger at the tube-to-tubesheet welded joints was investigated. Fatigue started at initial defects of the welded joint was confirmed as the failure mechanism of the heat exchanger. Bad welding and unsuitable expansion gave rise to the formation of initial cracks. The alternating stress comes from various reasons such as the resonant vibration.

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Failure analysis of a half-shaft of a formula SAE racing car

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2016-07-05_16h47_58An article in progress in « Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis », Volume 7 (october 2016).

The formula SAE is a competition among students worldwide, where they are challenged to design, build and test a small formula-type racing car, following rules and specifications defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). In the present analysis, a premature failure of a half-shaft of the transmission system of a racing car occurred after circa 100 km of use. The results show that the alloy steel bar used for the half-shaft did not follow specifications, with a consequent lower strength and resulting in a material with insufficient loading capacity and fatigue resistance. As a consequence, the fracture process was a confluence of torsional fatigue crack propagation and overload ductile fracture through the spline section of the half-shaft.

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Stress corrosion cracking of full sized rockbolts

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2016-06-04_07h48_16An article published in  « International Journal of Rock Mechanics & Mining Sciences – 81 (2016)« .

Previous studies had identified that a testing protocol was required to examine stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of full sized rockbolts under simulated in situ conditions. It was found that SSR testing provided an appropriate analogue for examining rockbolt susceptibility to SCC and was thus used to examine the effect of grit blasting, galvanising and varying steel grades on the SCC resilience of rockbolts. Of these, 300 grade steel and galvanising provided the most promising resistance to SSC, while grit blasting provided a 40% improvement in resistance compared to untreated HSAC 840 grade rockbolts.

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Development of banded microstructure in 34CrNiMo6 steel

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A paper published in « METALURGIJA 55″ (2016) 3, 329-332

In this paper the development of a banded microstructure in hot-rolled 34CrNiMo6 steel which consisted of bainitic  and martensitic bands is explained. The continuous
cooling transformation (CCT) diagrams of steel were calculated. They confirmed the formation of martensite in  positive segregations and the formation of bainite in negative ségrégations.

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