structural-failure-analysis
Diagnosis of why structural materials fail — ductile overload, brittle cleavage, fatigue, creep, stress-corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, and corrosion. Covers Griffith fracture mechanics, the ductile-to-brittle transition, the S-N and Paris fatigue frameworks, fractographic interpretation, and the J.E. Gordon view that strength, stiffness, and toughness are distinct properties that must be understood together to prevent collapse.
Profile →npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill structural-failure-analysis --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
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# Structural Failure Analysis A structural failure is a puzzle with the answer already written on the fracture surface. The task of the failure analyst is to read it: to identify the mechanism, trace it back to a cause, and recommend a fix that prevents recurrence. This skill organizes the failure modes encountered in real structures, the mechanics that govern each, and the fractographic and mechanical-test evidence that distinguishes one from another. It is written from the perspective that J.E. Gordon championed in *The New Science of Strong Materials* and *Structures*: strength, stiffness, and toughness are independent properties, and a design that optimizes one can be catastrophically weak in another. **Agent affinity:** gordon (Gordon's structures-and-materials perspective), cottrell (dislocation theory and ductile-brittle transition) **Concept IDs:** materials-fracture-mechanics, materials-failure-modes, materials-fractography ## The Three Independent Properties Strength, stiffness, and toughness are not the same thing, and confusing them is the root cause of more engineering failures than any single material defect. - **Stiffness** is resistance to elastic deformation, measu
- The Three Independent Properties
- Griffith Fracture Mechanics
- The Ductile-Brittle Transition
- The Liberty Ships
- Fatigue
- Stage I — Initiation
- Stage II — Stable propagation
- Stage III — Fast fracture
- S-N curves and endurance limits
- The Comet airliner
- Creep
- Environmentally Assisted Cracking
- Stress-corrosion cracking (SCC)
- Hydrogen embrittlement
What does the structural-failure-analysis skill do?
Diagnosis of why structural materials fail — ductile overload, brittle cleavage, fatigue, creep, stress-corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, and corrosion. Covers Griffith fracture mechanics, the ductile-to-brittle transition, the S-N and Paris fatigue frameworks, fractographic interpretation, and the J.E. Gordon view that strength, stiffness, and toughness are distinct properties that must be understood together to prevent collapse.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill structural-failure-analysis --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.