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Despite our understanding of the behaviour of materials, failures frequently occur. The sources of these failures include improper design, materials selection, and materials processing, as well as abuse. The engineer must anticipate potential failures and consequently, exercise good design, materials and processing selection, quality control, and testing to prevent failures. When failures do occur, the engineer must determine the cause so that failures can be prevented in the future.
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Askeland, D.R. (1996). Failure — Origin, Detection, and Prevention. In: The Science and Engineering of Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2895-5_23
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