Cylinder fatigue can be due to abnormal heating in service, also experienced by piston heads, exhaust valves, and turbosupercharger housings (castings). As a note, pistons from different engines series can sometimes fit, but due to slight design modifications, they may not function properly. Always make sure that the correct piston is used for a specific engine model.
Burak Akyuz, the first president of the Failure Analysis Society, discussed his hopes and dreams for the new organization in an interview in Advanced Materials & Processes.
A new electronic material can heal all its functions automatically—even after breaking multiple times.
Magna International Inc., Canada, won a 2016 JEC Americas Innovation Award in the automotive category for the molding process used in making carbon-fiber hoods for Cadillac.
During human interaction, robots must first and foremost be safe. If a household robot, for example, encounters a human, it should not continue its movements regardless, but rather give way in case of doubt.
