Annexes - Marine Accident Investigation Branch
Annexes - Marine Accident Investigation Branch
Annexes - Marine Accident Investigation Branch
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Client: MAIB, Southampton SO15 2JU<br />
Job reference: T90996 MT STELLAR VOYAGER<br />
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Figure 37: Micrograph (original image captured at X500), specimen etched in Nital. Detail<br />
of one of the fractured cylinder block walls, showing evidence of an essentially brittle<br />
fracture mechanism.<br />
Figure 38: Micrograph (original image captured at X1000), specimen etched in Nital. A<br />
field adjacent to a cylinder bore, showing extensive post yield sub-grain twinning and<br />
cracking in the chromium plating.
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