Abstract
THE general discussion on the failure of metals, organised by the Faraday Society in conjunction with a number of technical institutions, was one of the most successful of the series. The volume containing the papers and discussions is likely to serve for some time to come as the standard source of information on season-cracking and similar defects in worked metals. The phenomenon is a puzzling one, and it was necessary first of all to collect the observations of many workers, whose experience touched the subject at different points, before any attempt at explanation could be made. The metallurgist and engineer, however wide his experience, will probably find much in the volume that is new to him. The very extensive records from Woolwich Arsenal are particularly valuable.
The Failure of Metals under Internal and Prolonged Stress: a General Discussion held on Wednesday, April 6,1921, in the Hall of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Edited by F. S. Spiers. Pp. iv + 215. (London: Faraday Society, 1921.) 10s. 6d. net.
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D., C. The Failure of Metals under Internal and Prolonged Stress: a General Discussion held on Wednesday, April 6,1921, in the Hall of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers . Nature 111, 250 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111250b0
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