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Failure Atlas Hertz for Contact Machine Elements 2nd Edition

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Tallian used to work for SKF Bearings at their engineering research center in Utrect Netherlands. In the bearing industry he is well known. Its a good book but not for the beginner/non engineer. You should have some experience with looking at failures. I wish I had more time to dig into using it. I am glad I have this book.

The "Failure Atlas for Hertz Contact Machine Elements" is a very valuable resource in the field of failure analysis of highly loaded contact surfaces in machinery. In this book Tallian presents hundreds of very high quality images of mostly bearing surfaces together with a description of the application and also a failure analysis. The type of failures is presented in a systematic way following a classification code. The amount of work that is included n this book equals a lifetime in this field. Tallian is today retired after many years working at a large ball bearing company but his work will be of great value for many people for many years to come.

The "Failure Atlas for Hertz Contact Machine Elements" is a very valuable resource in the field of failure analysis of highly loaded contact surfaces in machinery. In this book Tallian presents hundreds of very high quality images of mostly bearing surfaces together with a description of the application and also a failure analysis. The type of failures is presented in a systematic way following a classification code. The amount of work that is included n this book equals a lifetime in this field. Tallian is today retired after many years working at a large ball bearing company but his work will be of great value for many people for many years to come.