Aspect Before Analysis

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Front wheel 17 x 7J of a passenger vehicle (identified as WHEEL 1) that broke during a car accident on a road.
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ML00183 / Dec.2022
Ductile Behavior of an Aluminum Wheel
M - Aluminum Silicon MagnesiumP - CastingAp - AutomotiveCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
General view of the nodular cast iron crankshaft, 240 mm long, in process of heat treatment. The main and rod bearings, 54 mm diameter, are heat treated by localized quenching and tempering.
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ML00154 / Jan.2019
High Strength Cast Iron Crankshaft
M - Nodular Cast IronP - CastingAp - EngineCd - Surface treatment
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Detailed aspect of the eye bolt fracture position, with strong plastic deformation indicating ductile overloading. The red marks in the thread surface of the bolt (in the left side of the image) correspond to the position where the nut was tight. Thread fillets adjacent to the fracture presented secondary cracks.
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ML00120 / Jun.2018
Ductile Rupture of a Carbon Steel Eye Bolt
M - Low Carbon SteelP - FastenerAp - AutomotiveCd - Overload
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Ductile Fracture
Aspect of three pins that were operating in a hydraulic system. Adjacent to the fracture of the broken pin (the one that is in the right side of the figure) it is possible to see multiple surface craks and detachment of the surface chromium layer.
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ML00081 / Aug.2017
Hydrogen Cracking of a Chromium Plated Carburized Pin
M - Low Alloy for Thermochemical TreatmentP - Chromium PlatedAp - AutomotiveCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Aspect of the wheel. See the schematic drawing in the next figure
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ML00070 / Jan.2019
Automotive Light Alloy Wheel Repaired By Welding
M - Aluminum Silicon MagnesiumP - RimAp - AutomotiveCd - Removed From Service
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Fracture occurred during fabrication of a low carbon steel automotive part, welded by SAW process in one fillet, between a superior plate (8mm thick) and an inferior plate (12 mm thick). See the schematic drawing in the next figure.
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ML00069 / May.2017
Liquation Cracks in SAW of Low Carbon Steel
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - AutomotiveCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture
Aspect of the fillet weld between the superior plate (Low carbon 8 mm thick) and the inferior plate (C-Mn 12 mm thick), in an overlap geometry. In this region the welded joint was sound.
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ML00067 / May.2017
Cold Cracks in C-Mn SAW Weld Metal
M - CMn SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - AutomotiveCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Welded Joint
The camshaft broke in a brittle way in a region where the shaft changed the geometry, close to a chilled lobe.
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ML00060 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron Camshaft
M - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture

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ML00183 — Ductile Behavior of an Aluminum WheelM - Aluminum Silicon MagnesiumP - CastingAp - AutomotiveCd - Ductile Behavior
Front wheel 17 x 7J of a passenger vehicle (identified as WHEEL 2) that cracked exactly in the same location that the other front wheel broke.
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ML00183 / Dec.2022
Ductile Behavior of an Aluminum Wheel
M - Aluminum Silicon MagnesiumP - CastingAp - AutomotiveCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Aspect of the two wheels before disassembling the tires.
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ML00183 / Dec.2022
Ductile Behavior of an Aluminum Wheel
M - Aluminum Silicon MagnesiumP - CastingAp - AutomotiveCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Detail of the fracture in the WHEEL 1, changing direction of propagation.
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ML00183 / Dec.2022
Ductile Behavior of an Aluminum Wheel
M - Aluminum Silicon MagnesiumP - CastingAp - AutomotiveCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture
Detail of the crack in the WHEEL 2, changing direction of propagation exactly like the other whel.
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ML00183 / Dec.2022
Ductile Behavior of an Aluminum Wheel
M - Aluminum Silicon MagnesiumP - CastingAp - AutomotiveCd - Ductile Behavior
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Cracking
ML00120 — Ductile Rupture of a Carbon Steel Eye BoltM - Low Carbon SteelP - FastenerAp - AutomotiveCd - Overload
Apect of the 1/2" ND bumper eye bolt that was fractured (in the left side of the figure) in the position where the nut was tight.
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ML00120 / Jun.2018
Ductile Rupture of a Carbon Steel Eye Bolt
M - Low Carbon SteelP - FastenerAp - AutomotiveCd - Overload
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
ML00081 — Hydrogen Cracking of a Chromium Plated Carburized PinM - Low Alloy for Thermochemical TreatmentP - Chromium PlatedAp - AutomotiveCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
The aspect of the pin fracture surface shows that a fatigue crack propagated from the pin surface at the edge of a lubrication hole in the chromium plated pin.
83
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ML00081 / Aug.2017
Hydrogen Cracking of a Chromium Plated Carburized Pin
M - Low Alloy for Thermochemical TreatmentP - Chromium PlatedAp - AutomotiveCd - Hydrogen Embrittlement
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fatigue Fracture
ML00070 — Automotive Light Alloy Wheel Repaired By WeldingM - Aluminum Silicon MagnesiumP - RimAp - AutomotiveCd - Removed From Service
Detail of the welded region in the rim of the light alloy wheel.
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ML00070 / Jan.2019
Automotive Light Alloy Wheel Repaired By Welding
M - Aluminum Silicon MagnesiumP - RimAp - AutomotiveCd - Removed From Service
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - At the Surface
ML00067 — Cold Cracks in C-Mn SAW Weld MetalM - CMn SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - AutomotiveCd - Welding Defect
Aspect of the fracture in the middle of the fillet weld between the superior plate (Low carbon 8 mm thick no longer there) and the inferior plate (C-Mn 12 mm thick), in an overlap geometry.
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ML00067 / May.2017
Cold Cracks in C-Mn SAW Weld Metal
M - CMn SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - AutomotiveCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture
ML00060 — Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron CamshaftM - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Camshaft in the broken region, close to a lobe where the cast iron was chilled.
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ML00060 / Apr.2017
Brittle Fracture of a Chilled Cast Iron Camshaft
M - Chilled Cast IronP - ShaftAp - AutomotiveCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture