IME-574  Failure Analysis

Summer Term 2001

 

2001 catalog data:               Credit (3-2-4)  Three lecture hours and one two-hour lab

                                                Prerequisites:  IME-301 Engineering Materials

 

An engineering materials analysis course emphasizing the interaction of materials and processing as they relate to product failure.  Topic coverage includes fracture path analysis, fracture mode, brittle and ductile behavior, fracture mechanics, physical chemistry, corrosion, and material process analysis.  This course requires a laboratory analysis project.

 

Textbook(s):                          D. J. Wulpi, “Understanding How Components Fail”, 2nd ed., ASM

International, 1985

 

References:                          ASM Metals Handbook vols. 11 and 19

 

Coordinator(s):     C. V. White, Professor of Manufacturing Engineering

 

Course learning objectives:

1.        Development of a methodology to asses the nature of a failure (Program Outcomes: B, C, E; MFGG PEOs: 1, 2, 3, 7)

2.        Learn documentation and preservation skills (Program Outcome: G; MFGG PEOs: 3, 5, 7)

3.        Work in teams to solve problems (Program Outcome: D; MFGG PEOs: 3, 5, 7)

4.        Develop literature and laboratory research skills (Program Outcomes: E, F; MFGG PEOs: 1, 3, 4, 7)

5.        Effectively present the results of an investigation in written and oral format. (Program Outcomes:  G, H; MFGG PEOs: 3, 4, 5, 7)

6.       Integrate previously learned engineering skills into the analysis process. (Program Outcomes: A, C, K; MFGG PEOs: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7)

               

Prerequisites by topic:      

 

1.  Mechanical properties of materials

2.  Microstructure of materials

3.  Failure modes of materials

4.  Word processing and spread sheet graphing

 

Topics covered:

1.        Basic materials engineering review

2.        Methodology of analysis

3.        Failure mechanisms – materials, manufacturing, design related

4.        Corrosion

5.        Brittle materials

6.        Ductile materials

7.        Mechanical property evaluation

8.        Microscopic evaluation

9.        Fatigue and wear

 

Schedule:                              Three lecture sections of 60 minutes and one laboratory session of 120 minutes.

 

Computer usage:                  Internet and Library literature search tools


Laboratory projects:           1.  Observation and documentation techniques

2.  Sample preparation, cleaning and preservation

3.  Glass breaking and reconstruction

4.  Failure analysis project (large team)

5.  Failure analysis Final project (small team)

 

 

Relationship to professional component:  Two credits of engineering topics and two credits of engineering design

 

Prepared by:         ___C. V. White______________________  Date:      ______July 14, 2000______