| Week |
Date |
Topics |
Lab Information |
Comments |
| 1 |
March 6 |
Introduction
Definitions
Classification and Types of Failures |
no lab |
- Read for Tuesday 3/7:
- ASM Handbook Vol. 11
- Engineering Aspects of Failure and Prevention
- Intro to Failure Analysis and Prevention
- Intro
- Concepts of Failure Analysis and
Prevention
- Root Cause Analysis
- Categories of Failure
- Failure Prevention
- Due Monday 3/13
- Find information about the following… bring copy to class on Monday
- 2005 F1 race at Indy Motor Speedway
- Background on Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- SAFER walls (soft walls)
- Famous events (wrecks) at IMS
- F1 background and move to US
- Indy Racing League
- Read Chapter 5 of Evan and Manion
- Read ASM Vol. 11 (Intro to Failure Analysis and Prevention)
- Primary Physical Root Cause of Failure
- Charting Methods for RCA
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| 2 |
March 13 |
Root Causes |
Speedway Trip |
- Read ASM Vol.11
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and Prevention
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| 3 |
March 20 |
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
Design Reviews
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Equipment Review |
- Read for Thursday 3/23
- Evan and Manion pp. 236-241
- Chiles handout
- FMEA assignment (due Thurs, 3/30)
- conduct FMEA for supplied patents
- write 1-2 page summary regarding the relative merits of the two
designs from a product safety perspective
- Wednesday lab meeting
- 9:00: Team 1
- 9:30: Team 2
- 10:00: Team 3
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| 4 |
March 28 |
Theories of Accidents |
Design Review |
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| 5 |
April 3 |
Organizing and Running a Failure
Investigation
Mid-term Exam |
GE Louisville Trip |
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April 10 |
Spring Break |
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| 6 |
April 17 |
Fracture Analysis |
Conduct Failure Investigation |
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| 7 |
April 24 |
Equipment Troubleshooting |
Observe Fracture Surfaces |
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| 8 |
May 1 |
Regulatory Issues |
Equipment Troubleshooting |
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| 9 |
May 8 |
Interaction between Design Paradigms
and Failures |
Baker & Daniels Trip |
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| 10 |
May 15 |
Failure Prevention: Lessons
Learned |
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