Focus on Mechanical Failures: Mechanisms and Detection. Proceedings of the Meeting (45th) of the Mechanical Failures Prevention Group Held in Annapolis, Maryland on April 9 - 11, 1999

• Main Authors: Pusey, Henry C, Pusey, Sallie C
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Subjects: AIR COMPRESSORS; Aircraft; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE; ALLOYS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACKING(FRACTURING); DEFECTS(MATERIALS); DETECTION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FAILURE(MECHANICS); HIGH STRENGTH; LAMINATES; Laminates and Composite Materials; Machinery and Tools; MAINTENANCE; Marine Engineering; MECHANICAL COMPONENTS; Mechanics; METAL PLATES; Metallurgy and Metallography; METALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; OPTICAL DETECTION; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; RECIPROCATING ENGINES; SAFETY; SHIPBOARD; STEEL; SYMPOSIA; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS; VALVES; WELDING

As our society becomes more and more mechanized, as demands on performance become more exacting, and as our technology becomes increasingly complex, each mechanical failure reaches greater significance. In terms of the economy of the country, mechanical failures represent a cost of billions of dollars every year to industry, the government, and the general public. Improved public safety, an area of paramount concern, may be achieved by a higher level of understanding of the mechanical failure process coupled with innovative techniques for failure avoidance, especially when using new or emerging materials in the design of structures and equipment. The problems relating to mechanical failure prevention are complex and extensive. It is the goal of the Mechanical Failures Prevention Group to provide an effective mechanism for the coordination of efforts to apply our technological expertise to prevent control, and avoid such failures. All MFPG conferences are planned with this goal in mind.