the study of fractures or cracks in a material, esp metal, in order to predict or identify the cause of a failure in a structure
Examples of 'fractography' in a sentence
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Fatigue fractography and fatigue life data were obtained.
Xiaofan HE, Tianshuai WANG, Xiaobo WANG, Weigang ZHAN, Yuhai LI 2018, 'Fatigue behavior of direct laser deposited Ti-6.5Al-2Zr-1Mo-1V titanium alloy andits life distribution model', Chinese Journal of Aeronauticshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1000936118303194. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The observed wear and mechanical properties are interrelated with microstructure, fractography and worn morphology.
V. Kishan, Aruri Devaraju, K. Prasanna Lakshmi 2017, 'Influence of volume percentage of NanoTiB2 particles on tribological & mechanicalbehaviour of 6061-T6 Al alloy nano-surface composite layer prepared via friction stirprocess', Defence Technologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214914716301532. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Part three (chapters 10 to 13) describes how fractography relates to knapping.
Paul Richard Preston 2016, 'Book review: Fractures in Knapping', Journal of Lithic Studieshttp://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1392. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, the fractography study presents the weld cross sections with dimples resembling ductile fracture.
A. R. Sufizadeh, S. A. A. Akbari Mousavi 2016, 'Metallurgical and Mechanical Research on Dissimilar Electron Beam Welding of AISI316L and AISI 4340', Advances in Materials Science and Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2509734. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fractography was used to support the findings from microstructure and mechanical analyses.
Y. Fan, W. Tian, Y. Guo, Z. Sun, J. Xu 2016, 'Relationships among the Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Fatigue Behaviorin Thin Ti6Al4V', Advances in Materials Science and Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7278267. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The fractography showed a transition from brittle fracture to ductile fracture accordingly.
Hongmei Zhu, Yongzuo Li, Baichun Li, Zhenyuan Zhang, Changjun Qiu 2018, 'Effects of Low-Temperature Tempering on Microstructure and Properties of the Laser-CladdedAISI 420 Martensitic Stainless Steel Coating', Coatingshttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/8/12/451. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The two last methods were used for fractography observations and precipitation process observations respectively.
M. Kaczorowski, A. Krzyńska 2007, 'The influence of chemical composition on the properties and structure Al-Si-Cu(Mg)alloys', Archives of Foundry Engineeringhttp://www.afe.polsl.pl/index.php/pl/76/the-influence-of-chemical-composition-on-the-properties-and-structure-al-si-cu-mg-alloys.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fractography analyses showed that the mixed fracture mode was predominant for both filler metals used.
Thiago AmaroVicente, Leonardo Albergaria Oliveira, Edmilson Otoni Correa, ReginaldoPinto Barbosa, Vanessa Bawden P. Macanhan, Nelson Guedes de Alcântara 2018, 'Stress Corrosion Cracking Behaviour of Dissimilar Welding of AISI 310S AusteniticStainless Steel to 2304 Duplex Stainless Steel', Metalshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/8/3/195. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Mechanical characteristics of the joint and its microstructure and with fractographyanalysis are correlated.
Cembrero, J., Pascual, M., Perales, M., Moreno, J. 2004, 'Soldabilidad de las fundiciones de grafito esferoidal', Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidriohttp://ceramicayvidrio.revistas.csic.es/index.php/ceramicayvidrio/article/view/513/534. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Subsequent fractography by scanning electron microscopy revealed distinct failure mechanisms.
Johannes Günther, Stefan Leuders, Peter Koppa, Thomas Tröster, Sebastian Henkel, HorstBiermann, Thomas Niendorf 2018, 'On the effect of internal channels and surface roughness on the high-cycle fatigueperformance of Ti-6Al-4V processed by SLM', Materials & Designhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127518300509. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)