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Wear Testing: Pin-on-Disc, Abrasion, and Erosion Testing Standards

Guide to tribological wear testing. Covers pin-on-disc (ASTM G99), dry sand rubber wheel abrasion (ASTM G65), slurry erosion, and Taber abrasion — test parameters, data interpretation, and material ranking.

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Fracture Toughness Testing: K_IC, CTOD, and J-Integral Methods

Complete guide to fracture toughness testing. Covers K_IC linear elastic fracture mechanics, CTOD testing, J-integral elastic-plastic fracture, specimen geometry, and offshore structural steel qualification.

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Corrosion Testing Methods: Weight Loss, Electrochemical, and Salt Spray

Comprehensive guide to corrosion testing methods. Covers weight loss coupon testing, polarisation curves, EIS, salt spray ASTM B117, and ASTM G48 for stainless steels.

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Creep Testing and Stress Rupture: High-Temperature Material Assessment

Technical guide to creep and stress rupture testing. Covers creep stages, Andrade creep law, Larson-Miller parameter, stress rupture life prediction, and data for nickel alloys and creep-resistant steels.

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Friction and Wear: Tribology for Engineers — Stribeck Curve and Lubrication Regimes

Complete engineering tribology guide. Covers Stribeck curve, boundary/mixed/hydrodynamic lubrication, adhesive wear (Archard equation), abrasive wear, and material/coating selection for tribological applications.

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Metal Weight Calculator — Bar, Plate, Pipe, Hex, and Angle in All Alloys

Free metal weight calculator for round bar, flat plate, hollow pipe, square bar, hex bar, and angle sections in steel, stainless steel, aluminium, titanium, copper, and nickel alloys.

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Critical Crack Size and Fracture Mechanics Calculator (LEFM / K_IC)

Free linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) calculator. Computes critical crack size from K_IC and applied stress, required K_IC for a known crack, and safety factor assessment per BS 7910 approach.

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Pressure Vessel Wall Thickness Calculator — ASME VIII Division 1 (UG-27)

Free pressure vessel wall thickness calculator per ASME VIII Division 1 UG-27. Calculates minimum wall thickness from design pressure, inside radius, allowable stress, and joint efficiency. Also finds MAWP from known wall thickness.

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Pipe Thermal Expansion Calculator — All Metals and Alloys

Free pipe thermal expansion calculator for carbon steel, stainless steel, duplex, titanium, copper, and aluminium piping. Calculates total expansion in mm, expansion per metre, and indicative expansion loop leg length.

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Stress-Strain Curve Calculator — Engineering vs True Stress, Hollomon n and K

Free stress-strain curve calculator. Converts engineering to true stress and strain, calculates Hollomon power law parameters n and K, computes modulus of resilience, toughness estimate, and stress at any strain point.