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Glass Damage from Weld Spatter

May 6, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

At a new condominium complex, numerous windows were discovered to have been damaged by weld spatter. Upper left is a photograph of typical damage found on the affected windows. A glass expert examined the damage to determine if the windows could be repaired. A glass failure analysis was performed to evaluate the damage level. Microscopic […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Expert Witness, Photomicrograph, Weld Spatter, Window

Wine Glass Failure Analysis

October 8, 2008 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

              Glass failure expert witness performs a root cause failure analysis on a failed wine glass. Failure analysis revealed that the failure initiated on the inside edge at the bead on the top. The top left photograph shows the re-assembled glass; the arrow indicates the crack starting point. The […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bending Stress, Glass, Photomicrograph, Wine Glass

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