\ BooknewsThe second volume in a series comprising a reliable source of failure analysis case studies for engineering professionals. Volume 1 (1992) was reviewed in the April 1993 SciTech Book News. Volume 2 contains 131 new case studies in the areas of transportation component failures (aircraft-aerospace/ground transportation components); process equipment failures (heat exchangers/pressure vessels/pipes and pipelines/tanks/auxiliary components); rotating equipment failures (blades, disks, and rotors/impellers/shafts); valve failures; fastener failures; electrical equipment failures; and miscellaneous failures (biomedical components/springs/tools/industrial structures/nonmetallic material/high-temperature/general). The index covers both volumes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \