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Deterioration mechanisms of materials – Influences on performance and reliability

  • Horst Czichos
Published/Copyright: December 28, 2017
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Materials Testing
From the journal Materials Testing Volume 60 Issue 1

Abstract

This paper considers the mechanisms which can detrimentally affect the performance and reliability of materials in their technical applications. The basic deterioration mechanisms – electromigration, aging, biodeterioration, corrosion, wear, fracture – are reviewed and the methods of structural health monitoring and performance control are outlined.

Kurzfassung

Der vorliegende Beitrag vermittelt eine Übersicht über Schädigungsmechanismen, die Funktion und Zuverlässigkeit von Werkstoffen in ihren technischen Anwendungen beeinflussen können. Die elementaren Schädigungsmechanismen – Elektromigration, Alterung, Biodeterioration, Korrosion, Verschleiß, Bruch – werden beschrieben und die Methodik der Struktur- und Funktionsüberwachung dargestellt.

*Correspondence Address, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. Horst Czichos, BHT Berlin University of Applied Sciences, Luxemburger Straße 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany, E-mail:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. Horst Czichos graduated in Precision Engineering and worked as a design engineer in the optical industry. He holds degrees in Physics (Dipl.-Phys.) and in Materials Science (Dr.- Ing.) from Free University and Technical University of Berlin, Germany. The University KU Leuven, Belgium, awarded him an honorary doctorate for his comprehensive research in tribology and technology studies as basis for European research programs. He was President of BAM, the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany from 1992 to 2002, and President of EUROLAB, the European Federation of National Associations of Measurement, Testing and Analytical Laboratories from 1999 to 2003. Currently, he is Professor for Mechatronics at University of Applied Sciences, BHT, Berlin, and in 2006, he received the Christian Peter Beuth Prize for outstanding performance in engineering education. He authored and edited several books, including the Springer Handbook of Metrology and Testing (Springer 2011), the Handbook of Technical Diagnostics (Springer 2013) and the textbook Mechatronik (Springer Vieweg 2015).

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Published Online: 2017-12-28
Published in Print: 2018-01-04

© 2018, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/120.111130

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Inhalt/Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Vorwort/Editorial
  4. Looking ahead after 60 successful years
  5. Fachbeiträge/Technical Contributions
  6. Deterioration mechanisms of materials – Influences on performance and reliability
  7. Corrosion fatigue assessment of extruded magnesium alloys AZ31 and ME20
  8. Low heat input welding of nickel superalloy GTD-111 with Inconel 625 filler metal
  9. Effect of Cr content on microstructure and mechanical properties of carbidic austempered ductile iron
  10. Optimization of welding parameters for DP600/TRIP800 dissimilar joints
  11. Microstructure and mechanical properties of friction welded AISI 1040/AISI 304L steels before and after electrochemical corrosion
  12. Fatigue behavior and mechanism of KMN in a very high cycle regime
  13. Gaussian filtering algorithm describing the topography of temper rolled strip and related edge effect
  14. Impression creep behavior of magnesium alloy ZK60
  15. Rauheitsanforderungen für die mobile Härteprüfung metallischer Werkstoffe
  16. Preparation and characterization of Kevlar/glass fiber laminates with a nanoclay enhanced epoxy matrix
  17. Effect of seawater on pin-loaded laminated composites
  18. Thermomechanical and acidic treatments to improve plasticization and properties of chitosan films: A comparative study of acid types and glycerol effects
  19. Efficient reduction of graphene oxide film by low temperature heat treatment and its effect on electrical conductivity
  20. Experimental evaluation of optimum process parameters for spinning of metals
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