Destructive materials testing in welding engineering

The kind and the structure of this teaching book are selected in such a way that it is suitable similarly for the private study and as a reference book. The book begins with a brief description of metallurgical basics as far as these are important for the understanding of the processes which occur in a specimen or in a component under external stress. In nine chapters testing methods which are applied in damage cases in research and development, in quality control and in clarification are described, e.g.: tensile tests, vibration tests, hardness tests and toughness tests including fracture-mechanical analyses; stress analyses, crack tests and tests adapted to the specific welding techniques as well as material analysis techniques and metallographic analysis techniques and corrosion tests. (orig./MM)