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Damage Analysis

 

We carry out damage analyses on metallic components according to VDI guideline 3822.

 

We combine the results of the analyses systematically and with material-technical competence in search for the cause. We do this in most cases by taking design and manufacturing processes as well as stress into consideration.

 

We are a member of the AG Fractography in the DVM/DGM Joint Committee “Scanning Electron Microscopy in Materials Testing” under the direction of the Federal Institute for Materials Testing (BAM) Berlin.

Method

 

We carry out damage analyses on metallic components according to VDI guideline 3822.

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Damage Description

  • Documentation of the damage pattern
  • Indentification of design, material and manufacturing characteristics

Assessment

  • Damage history
  • Consideration of the overall system
  • Erfassung des Sollzustands
  • Identification of the target state
  • Temporal and local peculiarities
  • Frequencies, periodicities
  • Changes in construction, material, processing

Damage hypothesis

  • Guide line for the analyses
  • Assessment of probabilities and burden of proof

Instrumental analyses

  • Investigation plan
  • Sampling procedure
  • Samples and analyses
  • Simulations, readjustment tests

Investigation results

  • Target-actual comparison
  • Iteration loop if necessary

Cause(s) of damage

  • Primary and secondary fault influences, if any

Damage compensation

  • Acute and preventive measure

Report

  • Dokumentation

Knowledge management

  • Communication
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Burst pressure vessel

Selected example projects