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Glass Expert Witness Discusses Window Failure

April 24, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure analysis expert discusses interesting window failure, that of a piece of antique window glass. The window expert performed a failure analysis that determined the failure initiated at crush damage from the scribing operation, and it started as a bending crack. It then transformed into a “thermal crack”. That is the crack front was […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Float Glass Processing, Tempered Glass, Window, Window Failure

Glass Expert Discusses Termpered Glass Cookware

April 12, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Modern Pyrex glass cookware is now made from tempered soda lime glass. As a result, there is a potential that the tempered glass failure will create dangerous projectiles. In one case it was found that if the temper glass stresses are not symmetrical, flying glass pieces will occur. In the present case, tempered glass cookware […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Cookware, Glass Cookware, Pyrex, Tempered Glass

GLass Failure Analysis Expert Discusses Wire Glass

April 2, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Safety glass expert has examined numerous broken wire glass doors and windows. In the past wire glass has been mistaken to be safety glass; however, it is just as dangerous as standard annealed window glass. The wire is bonded between two pieces of semi-soft glass at high temperature. When this “sandwich” cools to room temperature, […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Door, Window, Wire Glass

GLass Expert Discusses Glass Bottle Strength

March 25, 2010 By Tom Read 2 Comments

Glass failure analysis expert performed bottle strength tests to determine the strength of a cylindrical glass bottle. The bottle is approximately 0.85″ in diameter and 2.35″ tall. The glass thickness is approximately 0.040″ thick. It was hypothesized that a female could squeeze the bottle hard enough to crush it. Glass strength was measured by compressing […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Bottle Strength, Cylindrical Glass Bottle, Glass

Glass Expert Discusses Visibility of NiS Particles

March 15, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Tempered glass failure analysis is mainly difficult because the panel disintegrates into a very large number of semi identical particles; therefore, the failure origin is impossible to locate. In several cases Read Consulting has had the opportunity to examine several failed (caused by Nickel Sulfide, NiS, particles) tempered glass panels that have remained intact. In […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Expert Witness, Glass, Macrophotograph, NiS Particles

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