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Citation
(2003), "Learn principles of failure analysis online in seven easy lessons from ASM education", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 50 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.2003.12850daf.003
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited
Learn principles of failure analysis online in seven easy lessons from ASM education
Learn principles of failure analysis online in seven easy lessons from ASM education
Keywords: Failure analysis, Metals
ASM's newest online course provides a practical approach for the non-metallurgist as well as for those who are new to the field of failure analysis. The first lesson covers procedures for analysis, including how to collect data and samples, preliminary examination, nondestructive inspection, and other techniques for testing and examining. Lessons two through seven cover types of failure and stress, including ductile and brittle fractures, fatigue failures, wear failures, corrosion failures, and failures at elevated temperatures.
As a free bonus, participants can select an eighth lesson to read about a particular failure analysis application. Topic choices for this read-only lesson include failures of cast and wrought ferrous metals; welded, brazed, and soldered joints; tools and dies; shafts and bearings, gears, mechanical fasteners, boilers, and heat exchangers; and pressure vessels.
Participants who complete the course will have an understanding of:
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What failure analysis can mean in terms of profitability and liability?
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General procedures, techniques, and precautions in failure analysis.
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How to identify design-related failures?
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How to analyze the factors that cause failure?
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What environmental sources are responsible for failures and what are the ways to prevent them?
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How stress systems relate to fracture of ductile and brittle materials?
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Typical fatigue characteristics.
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The many inter-related factors involved in examining a fracture.
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The basic fracture modes and their characteristics, including the factors affecting ductile-brittle relationships.
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Typical fatigue characteristics and learn how to identify them.
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How to "read" fatigue fractures?
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How to separate material (chemistry, microstructure) causes for failure from non-materials causes?
This online course is designed for those who are new to failure analysis and those who want an update. It is also well-suited for technicians and those who want to understand how knowledge of failure analysis can lead to better productivity.
The course joins the growing list of ASM Online Courses, which includes Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist Online, Corrosion Online and Fundamentals of Brazing Online. Benefits of online training include convenience, savings (no time away from work or travel costs), and online access to the course instructor during specified "office hours."
For more information and a free demonstration lesson, visit ASM Education Online.