ME 421 Failure Analysis, Fall 2013
No textbook will be required - other than the one purchased from the copy center.
Textbook: Purchase for about $10 from the Copy Center in the basement of BC
| Assignment | Given | Due | Description | |
| 1 | 8/28 | 9/4 | Assgn 1 - Comet, etc "They All Laughed (ch6)" | |
| 2 | 9/4 | 9/11 | Assgn 2 - broken bar, fan I, etc | |
| 3 | 9/11 | 9/18 | Assgn 2 - fan II, SF 777, etc. | |
| 4 | 9/19 | 9/25 | Assgn 4 - the 1960's | |
| 5 | 9/25 | 10/2 | Assgn 5 - fracture mechanics, part 1 | Fracture Mechanics, examples |
| 6 | 10/2 | 10/9 | Assgn 6 - fracture mechanics, part 2 (fatigue) Begin your primary failure analysis project (start Phase I) |
Solutions for Assgn 6 |
| 7 | 10/9 | 10/23 | Assgn 7- fractography Continue working on your FA project (Phase II, etc.) - you may start asking me questions via well orginized email. |
ASM Handbooks, on-line Solutions for Assgn 7 |
| 8 | 10/23 | 10/30 | Assgn 8, Mars Climate Orbiter | Details of the bridge failure |
| 10/31 | 11/6 | Study the data provided for your project and understand how it supports your project. There is nothing to submit next week. | ||
| 9 | 11/7 | 11/13 | Assgn 9 - misc. Vasa | |
| 10 | 11/13 | 11/20 | Assgn 10 Suspension bridge. Watch TWA 800: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKBg9ljGo6w |
Report and presentation for project due soon. |
Microscopy Links: How to Suggestions
Simulation Links: Cornell University Fracture Group
Materials Data Base:
MatWeb
Murphy's Law (the origin)
Class Notes - Overheads
Chapter 2 - Historical Perspectives (PDF)
Links of Historical Technical Accidents
Note: some of these links are of excellent quality, others are not.
National Transportation Safety Board (transportation accidents)
Railroad Accidents:
Historic Railway Accidents
Airline Accidents:
FAA Lessons Learned
Airdisasters.com
NTSB Reports
De Havilland Comet
Comet Summary
Aerospace Accidents:
NASA Apollo 1 Mission
Apollo 13 Accident
Apollo 13 Review Board Report
Challenger - Presidential Commission Report
Challenger - Rogers Commission
JPL Endeavour Report (Hubble)
PBS Hubble info
About Hubble
Space Telescope Science Institute
HST News
Columbia Accident Investigation Report
Astronaut Memorial
Memorial with information about the accidents
Shipping Failures
Titanic Metallurgy
Project Liberty Ship (W.W. II Ships)
USS Scorpion and Thresher
Kursk
Structural Accidents:
MGM Grand Report on the 1980 Fire
Tacoma Narrows Today
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Industrial and Nuclear
Chernobyl (Dr. Meshkati)
Three Mile Island
Union Carbide - Bhopal, India
Other Sites of Accidents:
Exponent (includes Titanic, Exxon Valdez, others)
Disaster City (several infamous events)