Risk and Failure Analysis for Improved Performance and Reliability

The Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center of Water­ town, Massachusetts in cooperation with the Materials Science Group of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science of Syracuse University has conducted the Sagamore Army Materials Research Conference since 1954. The main purpose of these conferences has been to gather together over 150 scientists and engineers from academic institutions, industry and government who are uniquely qualified to explore in depth a subject of importance to the Department of Defense, the Army and the scientific community. This volume, RISK AND FAILURE ANALYSIS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY, addresses the areas of Techniques of Failure Analysis, Risk and Failure Analysis for Design Against Fracture, Risk and Failure Analysis for Design Against Fatigue, Elevated Temperature Effects, Environmental Effects, Systems Approach to Production Reliability Integration and Outlook - Emerging Needs and Techniques. We wish to acknowledge the dedicated assistance of Joseph M. Bernier of the Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center and Helen Brown DeMascio of Syracuse University throughout the stages of the conference planning and finally the publication of this book is deeply appreciated.

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Session I Keynote Address.- 1. Risk and Failure Analysis for Improved Performance and Reliability.- Session II Techniques of Failure Analysis.- 2. NDT - An Aid to Failure Analysis.- 3. X-Ray Diffraction Techniques in Analysis and Prediction of Failure.- 4. Holography for Defect Detection on Artillery Projectiles.- Session III Risk and Failure Analysis for Design against Fracture.- 5. Ductile Fracture Analysis and Safety of Nuclear Pressure Vessels.- 6. Environmentally Assisted Fracturing Under Sustained Loading.- Session IV Risk and Failure Analysis for Design against Fatigue.- 7. Fracture Mechanics Applications for Short Fatigue Cracks.- 8. Review of Contemporary Approaches to Fatigue Damage Analysis.- 9. A Note on Fatigue Scatter and Life Predictions.- 10. Environmentally Assisted Failures in Ordnance Components.- Session V Elevated Temperature Effects.- 11. High Temperature Environmental Effects on Metals.- Session VI Environmental Effects.- 12. Effect of Wear on Performance and Reliability.- 13. Corrosion Fatigue Behavior of Coated 4340 Steel for Blade Retention Bolts of the AH-1 Helicopter.- 14. Microcircuit Reliability Characterization.- Session VII Systems Approach to Production Reliability Integration.- 15. Integration of CAD/CAM Systems for Production of Structural Components.- Session VIII Outlook - Emerging Needs and Techniques.- 16. Reliability Assurance of Aircraft Structures.- 17. Neutron Radiography Utilizing Selected Energy Interactions.- 18. The Application of Modern Analytical Instrumentation Techniques to the Analysis of Explosive Mixes.