Page 10 - Failure Analysis Case Studies II

vii

CONTENTS

Preface ......................................................................................................................................................... v

Overload failures

Bursting of a silo
R. Kieselbach .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Shear failure of a road-vehicle steering shaft
J.H. Cleland and D.R.H. Jones .................................................................................................................. 1 1
Breakup of the firewall between the B and C modules of the Piper Alpha
platform - I. Analysis by hand calculation
A.C. Palmer ............................................................................................................................................... 19
Failure of a flexible pipe with a concrete liner
M. Talesnick and R. Baker ........................................................................................................................ 3 1
Torsional failure of a wire rope mooring line during installation in deep water
C.R. Chaplin .............................................................................................................................................. 45

Creep failures
Type I11 creep cracking at main steam line welds
K.G. Sedman, J.C. Thornley and R.M. Griffin ......................................................................................... 63
Creep failure of a spray drier
P. Carter .................................................................................................................................................... 73
Catastrophic failure of a polypropylene tank Part I: primary investigation
P.R. Lewis and G.W Weidmann ............................................................................................................... 79
Catastrophic failure of a polypropylene tank Part 11: comparison of the DVS 2205
code of practice and the design of the failed tank
G.W. Weidmann and P.R. Lewis .............................................................................................................. 97

Brittle fracture

Investigation of the MV Kurdistan casualty
S.J. Garwood ........................................................................................................................................... 117
Investigation of failed actuator piston rods
T.F. Riitti and E.J. Wentzel ..................................................................................................................... 139
Premature failure of prestressed steel bars
A. Valiente and M. Elices ....................................................................................................................... 147
Premature fracture of a composite nylon radiator
P.R. Lewis ............................................................................................................................................... 157