Failure Analysis of Firearm Ammunition Components

Prohibited Possessors and the Law: How Inmates in Los Angeles Jails Understand Firearm and Ammunition Regulations

Preventative Maintenance and Failure Analysis of Aircraft Components

More than 10 years ago, the three major causes of failures in the Israel Air Force were: maintenance (-16% of failures), manufacturing (~14%), and design (-12%). While fatigue (~34%) and overload (~23%) were the two major failure mechanisms, more than 10% of failures were related to corrosion mechanisms. These include stress corrosion cracking, corrosion fatigue, localized corrosion, hot corros...

Failure analysis of composite femoral components for hip arthroplasty.

In this research, a numerical method was developed for predicting the progressive failure of thick laminated composite femoral components. A three-dimensional (3-D) global/ 3-D local technique was developed to capture the overall structural response of this system, while also enabling the 3-D ply-level stress state to be determined efficiently and accurately. Different failure criteria and mate...

Conventional Ammunition Marking

Overview This chapter focuses on marking practices applicable to conventional ammunition. It is intended to present, in brief, the utility of systematic ammunition marking for improving the safety and security of conventional ammunition stocks, particularly in relation to the risk of accidents (including explosive and incendiary risks) and the potential for illicit diversion. The chapter also p...

Conventional Ammunition Tracing

Overview Tracing is a set of diverse methods used to identify ammunition, its origins, and patterns of transfer. It is a prerequisite for successful ammunition management and a crucial means of identifying diversion and the illicit trade in all munitions. Tracing is contingent on being able to identify specific production runs, batches, lots, and other collections of ammunition, and to ascertai...