Fractography: Observing, Measuring and Interpreting Fracture Surface Topography 1st Edition

Greetings.Over all 4 star book.What else I would expect?A few SEM photographs intermingled with theoretical notes;this will make the user understand the crystallography better.Again, dedicate some pages for different types of failures and attach SEM photographs - may be as an appendix.Overall a good book.I would recommend for all new SEM starters and those who have practical exposure to various modes of SEM operation.I enjoyed the the book all the same and preserve the book among my large collection.regards.Subbarayan.T.K.India.

A very interesting book in which the fractography approach is based on physical metallurgy concepts.

Don't buy it. just time and money put it in the Street.

Great insight into fracture surfaces and the nature of failure..Clear descriptions, figures and schematics to lead an educational topic about fracture.

This book describes the methods of studying fracture surfaces, from simple examination with a hand lens to optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. There is a great deal of analysis of pictures of fractures, mainly of test samples, in the work, largely directed at understanding the role of crazing in polymers. Most of the analysis is directed at rigid thermoplastics like PMMA and polystyrene, on which Hull has spent much time examining their properties. Metals also are included with specific reference to fatigue, an ongoing problem with real engineering structures. However, the book fails in one respect, the examination and analysis of real products, and this is its main failing. Much effort is spent by investigating product failure, and fracture is a key aspect of such work, but Hull fails to tackle this important and growing aspect of fractography in any depth. A few case studies are discussed at the end of the book, such as the spectacular failure of a large storage tank by chemical attack, but it remains an isolated example. It is a good reference work to have available, but readers who are interested in case studies will have to look elsewhere. We have published two books recently which help to readdress the balance in  Forensic Materials Engineering: Case Studies  and  Forensic Polymer Engineering  where failure cases are described in detail with the practical engineering lessons to be drawn. Case studies have also been published from the journal Engineering Failure Analysis in  Failure Analysis Case Studies II . All three books show how fractography aids the investigation of fractured products.

The more comprehensive manual, Metals Handbook Vol 12 Fractography, is a virtual atlas. This book, while less extensive, represents an updated look at an old topic. Gotta keep up in this profession.

It is not easy to find engineering books with soul. For a book to have a soul, the author should know deeply what he writes about and feel and transmit in a clear way the beauty of his knowledge.This is a complete treatise on fractography that can be applied to any material, and used in different fields of Enginnering and Science. It presents the ideas on several levels of depth. The text is supported by very descriptive diagrams, which reflect the rich experience of more than 30 years of research.Doctor Hull is also author of a book about dislocations and another on composite materials