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Steel Tank Failure: Metal Failure Analysis of a Collapsed Bolted Steel Holding Tank

May 28, 2013 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

 Read Consulting was contracted to perform a root cause failure analysis on a collapsed 40,000 gallon water holding tank. Metal corrosion is the root cause of the tank failure. The failure originated at the bottom of the tank on the West side. The initial failure resulted from corrosion on bolts holding the side of the […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Collapsed Bolted Steel, Holding Tank, Metal, Steel, Tank Failure

Northern California Failure Expert Witness Describes Tubing Failure

October 28, 2011 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

An interesting failure of steel tubing was observed when 1 3/4″ diameter A513 Type 5 steel tubing was being bent in a tubing bender. In this case the tube was clamped into the bender in the wrong location. At this time the clamp bolt had made an indentation (nick) in the pipe surface. The pipe […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Metal Fatigue, Steel, Tubing

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Phone: 707-494-5089
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