Root cause failure analysis of a tracked vehicle balance arm

•Failed Tracked vehicle balance arm analyzed using NDT and Fractography.•Failure initiated with multiple cracks from spline teeth near the internal diameter.•Fracture was of brittle nature and occurred due to Manufacturing Fault i.e. MnS inclusions.•Loading condition, failure mode and state of stres...

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Published in:Case studies in engineering failure analysis 2017-10, Vol.9, p.112-117
Main Authors: Khan, Ayaz M., Mahmood, Khalid, Waheed ul Haq, Syed, Choudhry, Rizwan Saeed, Khan, Shahbaz Mahmood
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Balance arm
Failure analysis
Fractography
Non-destructive testing
Tracked vehicle
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