TY - CHAP A1 - Klinger, Christian ED - Czichos, Horst T1 - Failure analysis: case studies N2 - Failure analysis is needed as a diagnostic tool to assess the sequence of primary, secondary and perhaps tertiary damage of different parts in a damaged system. This is a prerequisite to identify the contributing causes and the root cause for the causal failure. KW - Failure analysis KW - ICE3 axle fracture KW - Non metallic inclusions KW - Münsterland black out KW - Thomas steel embrittlement PY - 2013 SN - 978-3-642-25849-7 SN - 978-3-642-25850-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25850-3_18 IS - Chapter 18 SP - 355 EP - 385 PB - Springer CY - Berlin Heidelberg AN - OPUS4-27652 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -