When a PVC fitting with female pipe thread is coupled with male brass pipe threads, the PVC half is put into tension (i.e. hoop stress). The threads are tapered, and when the two halves are joined to produce a leak free joint, the PVC is put into tension and has the probability to fail over […]
Threaded Industrial Site Glass Failure Analysis:
Read Consulting was asked to examine a failed site glass and perform a glass failure analysis. The is a compression sealed soda lime glass window in a 1215 steel bushing. Thus the glass window is in compression. Several representative failed sight glasses were examined, and all had the same crack pattern. The cracking is […]
Tempered Glass Shower Enclosure Failure
Tempered glass is often used for shower doors. As a result, there have been numerous shower door failures. Often the glass failure analysis cannot be performed because of the large number of resulting pieces and the inability to locate the pieces associated with the origin. In this failure example tempered glass was used to construct […]
Jet Aircraft Windshield Failure Due to a Bird Strike
Glass Failure Experts at Read Consulting were asked to perform a failure analysis on a jet aircraft windshield. This was obviously an impact failure. There was little or no crushed glass at the origin. This indicates that it was not hit by a hard object. When landing the airspeed is approximately 150 MPH. So any […]
Glass Failure Analysis of a Fractured Whisky Bottle
A California failure analysis laboratory examined a broken whisky bottle. The glass failure analysis revealed that the bottle was hit with a sharp hard object which penetrated the glass. The results indicate an impact failure.
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