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Handbook of Technical Diagnostics

Fundamentals and Application to Structures and Systems

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  • Presents concepts, methods and techniques to examine symptoms of faults and failures of structures, systems and components and to monitor functional performance and structural integrity
  • Integrates knowledge of basic sciences and engineering disciplines with contributions from research institutions, academy, and industry
  • Written by a team of internationally known experts in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Scope of Technical Diagnostics

      • Horst Czichos
      Pages 3-9
    3. Application of Technical Diagnostics

      • Horst Czichos
      Pages 11-22
    4. Physics of Failure

      • Horst Czichos
      Pages 23-40
  3. Methods and Techniques for Diagnostics and Monitoring

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
    2. Overview of Diagnostics and Monitoring Methods and Techniques

      • Baldev Raj, B. Venkatraman
      Pages 43-68
    3. Stress and Strain Determination

      • Thomas Kannengiesser, Klaus-Peter Gründer
      Pages 69-108
    4. Modal Analysis

      • Werner Rücker
      Pages 109-120
    5. Vibration Analysis: Methods and Applications

      • J. Lyle Bagley
      Pages 121-136
    6. Acoustic Emission

      • Jürgen Bohse
      Pages 137-160
    7. Non-destructive Evaluation

      • Anton Erhard
      Pages 161-174
    8. Infrared Thermography

      • Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Xavier P. V. Maldague
      Pages 175-220
    9. Industrial Radiology

      • Uwe Ewert, Gerd-Rüdiger Jaenisch, Uwe Zscherpel, Kurt Osterloh, Bernhard Redmer
      Pages 221-247
    10. Computed Tomography

      • Jürgen Goebbels
      Pages 249-258
    11. Embedded Sensors

      • Werner Daum
      Pages 259-285
    12. Micro-Diagnostics: X-ray and Synchrotron Techniques

      • Bernd Randolf Müller, Manfred Paul Hentschel
      Pages 287-300
    13. Surface Chemical Analysis at the Micro- and NanoScale

      • Wolfgang E. S. Unger, Vasile-Dan Hodoroaba
      Pages 301-322
    14. Sub-Surface Microstructural Analysis

      • Werner Österle
      Pages 323-337
  4. Technical Diagnostics of Machines and Plants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 339-339

About this book

This book presents concepts, methods and techniques to examine symptoms of faults and failures of structures, systems and components and to monitor functional performance and structural integrity. The book is organized in five parts. Part A introduces the scope and application of technical diagnostics and gives a comprehensive overview of the physics of failure. Part B presents all relevant methods and techniques for diagnostics and monitoring: from stress, strain, vibration analysis, nondestructive evaluation, thermography and industrial radiology to computed tomography and subsurface microstructural analysis. Part C cores the principles and concepts of technical failure analysis, illustrates case studies, and outlines machinery diagnostics with an emphasis on tribological systems. Part D describes the application of structural health monitoring and performance control to plants and the technical infrastructure, including buildings, bridges, pipelines, electric power stations, offshore wind structures, and railway systems. And finally, Part E is an excursion on diagnostics in arts and culture. The book integrates knowledge of basic sciences and engineering disciplines with contributions from research institutions, academe, and industry, written by internationally known experts from various parts of the world, including Europe, Canada, India, Japan, and USA.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Beuth Hochschule für Technik, Berlin, Germany

    Horst Czichos

About the editor

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Horst Czichos has been President of BAM, the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (1992-2002) and President of EUROLAB, the European Federation of National Associations of Measurement, Testing and Analytical Laboratories (1999-2003). He holds degrees in precision engineering, physics and materials science from the Free University and the Technical University of Berlin, and obtained a Dr. h.c. from KU Leuven University for his research work in tribology. He is currently Professor of Mechatronics at the University of Applied Sciences, BHT Berlin, and received 2007 the Beuth Award for achievement in engineering education.

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Softcover Book USD 379.99
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