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The main sections of the museum are listed below;
Metal Fatigue
Manufacturing Faults
Bicycle Components
Corrosion
Polymers
Composite Materials
Tools of the trade, some ways to investigate problems;
Photoelasticity
Dye penetrant testing
Glossary
of materials engineering terms
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Glossary of materials engineering terms
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- ABS
Accelerated fatigue test
Alloy
Annealing (Steel)
'beach marks'
Cold working
Corrosion
Corrosion fatigue
DSC; Differential Scanning Calorimetry
EDAX (or EDS) - Energy Dispersive
Analysis by X-rays;
Endurance limit (fatigue)
ESEM; Environmental Scanning Electron
Microscope
Fast fracture
Fatigue; follow this link for an explanation
of fatigue.
Fractography
FTIR - Fourier Transform-InfraRed Spectroscopy
HAZ - Heat effected zone
SEM- Scanning Electron Microscope
Stress corrosion
Stress relaxation
Striations
Viscoelastic strain
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