Investigations on Failures of Defence Hardware Components Fundamentals and Case Histories

Description: The objective of the monograph entitled 'Investigations on Failures of Defence Hardware Components: Fundamentals and Case Histories' is to present how different causes trigger a failure and what remedial actions should be taken to prevent recurrence of similar failures in future. There are very few books where a reader can find investigations on real time failures of engineering components especially those used in defence hardware. The present monograph is an effort by the author to fulfil this need.
The monograph is structured in to two different parts. Part 1 guides the readers through general principles and practice of the science and art of Failure Analysis. The major sources, causes and mechanisms of component failures in a hardware system are brought out with examples and illustrations in a separate chapter. Part 2 is a compilation of some real time case studies. The cases pertain to components of aircraft engine and structure, main battle tanks, weapons and weapon systems.
The monograph will be immensely useful for students, young practicing metallurgists and engineering professionals engaged in the design, development, manufacture, and inspection of metallic components for various engineering and aerospace applications.

Keywords: Defence Components, Fractography, Combat Vehicle, Aeroengine, Aerospace, Weapon System

About the book: The objective of the monograph entitled 'Investigations on Failures of Defence Hardware Components: Fundamentals and Case Histories' is to present how different causes trigger a failure and what remedial actions should be taken to prevent recurrence of similar failures in future. There are very few books where a reader can find investigations on real time failures of engineering components especially those used in defence hardware. The present monograph is an effort by the author to fulfil this need.
The monograph is structured in to two different parts. Part 1 guides the readers through general principles and practice of the science and art of Failure Analysis. The major sources, causes and mechanisms of component failures in a hardware system are brought out with examples and illustrations in a separate chapter. Part 2 is a compilation of some real time case studies. The cases pertain to components of aircraft engine and structure, main battle tanks, weapons and weapon systems.
The monograph will be immensely useful for students, young practicing metallurgists and engineering professionals engaged in the design, development, manufacture, and inspection of metallic components for various engineering and aerospace applications.
About the Author: Dr  KP Balan obtained his MTech, from IIT, Kharagpur and PhD from IT, BHU, Varanasi in Metallurgical Engineering. He has held the post of Scientist ‘G’ and Head of ‘Failure Analysis Group’ in DMRL (DRDO), Hyderabad. During a tenure of over three decades he has handled over 500 failure investigations pertaining to sensitive court of inquiries of accidents, components of defence hardware, railways, thermal power stations, mines, etc. The recommendations given by him have helped in avoiding future recurrence of similar failures. He has executed R&D projects pertaining to small arms barrels, pneumatic and hydraulic pipes for submarines and bearing steels for aerospace applications. He has also carried out metallurgical investigations of over 2000 metallic components of aircraft engine and structure, weapons and weapon systems for their indigenisation which have helped in self-reliance of the country in the stores of spares and accessories of expensive aircrafts and weapon systems.
He has been a member of some of the renowned national committees on Failure Analysis and Materials Standardisation. He has about 50 publications in national and international journals and conference proceedings on topics related to failure analysis and structure-property correlations in steels. He has made about 25 presentations on technical topics in conferences and workshops held within and outside DRDO.

Content: Defence Components, Fractography, Combat Vehicle, Aeroengine, Aerospace, Weapon System