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07 March 2007
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Hudson, RJF
The author discusses the failure in service of the crankshaft of a 670mm bore Doxford LBD4 marine diesel main engine caused by cooling water leakage t...
16 January 2007
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Neale, Michael
Serious accidents, involving casualties or major financial loss, continue to occur all over the world in a wide variety of circumstances, ranging from...
17 August 2006
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Neale, Michael
This paper analyses the causes of a large number of engineering failures so that lessons can be learnt on how to avoid such failures in the future. So...