A. Elastic Deformation. 1. Failure of Mountaineering Ropes. 2. Whirling Failure in a Woodworking Lathe. 3. Loose Wheels on a Railway Locomotive. 4. Buckling of a Chemical Reactor. 5. Pressurisation Damage to a Storage Tank. 6. Stresses in Bolts -- B. Plastic Deformation. 7. Buckling of a Model Steam Boiler. 8. Failure of a Chain Wrench. 9. Shear of a Truck Steering Shaft. 10. Freeze-Bursting of Water Pipes -- C. Creep. 11. Creep Rupture in a Water-Tube Boiler - 1. 12. Creep Rupture in a Water-Tube Boiler - 2 -- D. Fast Fracture. 13. Fast Fracture of an Aircraft Fuselage. 14. Fast Fracture of an Ammonia Pressure Vessel. 15. Fast Fracture of a Motorway Bridge -- E. Brittle Fracture. 16. Fracture of a Cast-Iron Gas Main. 17. Cracking of Foam Insulation in a Liquid Methane Tank. 18. Trouble With Thick-Walled Tubes -- F. Fatigue. 19. Fatigue of Pipe-Organ Components. 20. More Trouble with Sharp Corners. 21. Fatigue of a Rotating Chemical Vessel -- G. Environmental Failures
22. Corrosion of Central Heating Systems - 1: Basic Mechanisms. 23. Corrosion of Central Heating Systems - 2: Case Studies. 24. Corrosion of Stainless Steel. 25. Degradation of a Natural Material -- H. Great Engineering Disasters. 26. Flixborough. 27. The Tay Bridge - 1. 28. The Tay Bridge - 2