Fracture toughness is an indication of the amount of stress required to propagate a preexisting…

Fatigue is the mechanism whereby cracks grow in a component/structure. Growth only occurs under fluctuating…

An impact blow is delivered to a test specimen by means of a pendulum-type hammer.…

A fracture is the separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the…

Precipitation hardening is a heat treatment process applied to various alloys to significantly increase their…

Induction Hardening Induction hardening is a process used for the surface hardening of steel and…

Plasma nitriding (Ion nitriding) is a plasma supported thermochemical case hardening process used to increase…

Carburising is a thermochemical process in which carbon is diffused into the surface of low…

Case hardening is a technique in which the metal surface is reinforced by the adding…