Techniques and Case Studies. Metallurgical Failure Analysis Techniques and Case Studies explores how components fail and what measures should be taken to avoid future failures. The book introduces the subject of failure analysis covers the fundamentals and methodology of failure analysis, including fracture and fractography of metals and alloys and the tools and techniques used in a failure investigation examines 37 case studies on high performance engineering components features experimental results comprised of visual-, fractographic-, or metallographic- examination, hardness measurements and chemical analysis includes