Glass expert performs a failure analysis on a broken drinking glass from a restaurant. As the glass was being filled with cold water, the drinking glass split into two equal halves. The failed drinking glass was made of thick glass, and its rim was tempered. A failure analysis was performed by a glass failure analysis […]
Failure Analysis Expert Examines Bottle Failure
Glass failure analysis expert witness prepared numerous bottle failures of “off the shelf” 12 oz beer bottles by over-pressuring them with a hydraulic pump. These tests were needed to generate bottle failures of a known origin in order to examine the crack patterns, the fracture surfaces, and the failure origins. Numerous bottles were broken, and […]
Glass Expert Performs Beer Bottle Failure Analysis
Glass failure analysis expert witness performs a failure analysis on a broken beer bottle. According to the witness t, e bottle “explosion” occured as the bottle was being set down. The glass expert examined the failed bottle and the failure analysis showed that the bottle failure resulted from damage to tbe knurl on the bottom […]
California Glass Expert Discusses Nickel Sulfide in Tempered Glass
In glass failure analysis one uses evidence such as the attached photograph to demonstrate that a nickel sulfide particle can initiate tempered glass failure. The NiS particle is at the center of expanding Wallner lines. The Wallner lines are used by the glass failure analysis expert to track the direction of the crack growth. In […]
Nickel Sulfide Particles in Tempered Glass
Glass failure analysis expert witness performs a failure analysis on a tempered glass window. The failure was initiated by a nickel sulfide, NiS particle. The glass failure analysis expert was able to retrieve both halves of the failure origin. One side of the failure origin contained the protruding NiS particle. On the other side of […]
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