{"id":128,"date":"2015-07-01T21:34:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T21:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/?p=128"},"modified":"2015-07-01T21:34:47","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T21:34:47","slug":"failure-analysis-case-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"Failure analysis case studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stress corrosion cracking in a chemical storage tank,\u00a0hydrogen damage\u00a0in a boiler tube, fatigue fracture in titanium sternal plates\u00a0are just a few of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/case-studies-list\/\"> case studies on\u00a0our website<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 They were specifically chosen to highlight the variety of projects we see in our laboratory and more importantly, demonstrate the thorough, analytical approach we take on all of our projects.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_129\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Engineering-Consulting_Failure_resized-for-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-image-129 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Engineering-Consulting_Failure_resized-for-web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Engineering Consulting_Failure_\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Engineering-Consulting_Failure_resized-for-web-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Engineering-Consulting_Failure_resized-for-web.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blade failure on wind generator<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The goal of a failure analysis is to determine the how and why of a failure. \u00a0Laboratory testing at MEE, which may\u00a0include scanning electron microscopy, Rockwell hardness testing, corrosion testing, \u00a0and\u00a0metallographic evaluation \u00a0can help us get answers to\u00a0the how and why but we also like to work with our client to answer the question of &#8220;now what&#8221; \u00a0in order to minimize future risk of failure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress corrosion cracking in a chemical storage tank,\u00a0hydrogen damage\u00a0in a boiler tube, fatigue fracture in titanium sternal plates\u00a0are just a few of the case studies on\u00a0our website.\u00a0\u00a0 They were specifically chosen to highlight the variety of projects we see in our laboratory and more importantly, demonstrate the thorough, analytical approach we take on all of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7,25,30,31,22,21,19,29],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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