Sometimes, the seed of failure is planted before the part ever goes into service. Volume 11 explores how manufacturing defects compromise parts: : Porosity, shrinkage, and segregation.

Understanding how a material failed requires zooming into the microstructural scale. Volume 11 provides an exhaustive atlas of fracture modes, including:

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