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The failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a widely used analytical technique that helps to identify and reduce the risks of failure in a system, component, or process. One important issue of FMEA is the determination of the risk priorities of failure modes. Risk ranking is produced in order to prioritize the focus on each of the failure modes that are identified. In this study, we applied...

Determination of the borehole and fracture initiation positions is the main aim of a borehole stability analysis. A wellbore trajectory optimization with the help of the mud pressure may be unreasonable since the mud pressure can only reflect the degree of difficulty for the initial damage to occur at the wellbore rather than the extent of the wellbore damage. In this work, we investigate...

this paper deals with a failure investigation of boiler feed pump’s shaft of a steam power plant. boiler feed water pump is a specific type of pump used to pump, feed water into a steam boiler and is one of most important part of steam power plants. feed pumps failure may cause failure of another part of steam power station, therefore keep them safe is an important problem. there are 12 feed pu...

This paper reviews Failure Analysis methods and discusses the merits and pitfalls associated with some of the more common techniques as they relate to ESD. Although advanced methods such as the Focused Ion Beam will be discussed, the importance of more traditional methods such as liquid crystal, emission microscopy, passive voltage contrast and mechanical polishing will be emphasized. Case hist...

Defining data warehouse requirements is widely recognized as one of the most important steps in the larger data warehouse system development process. This paper examines the potential risks and pitfalls within the data warehouse requirement collection and definition process. A real scenario of a large-scale data warehouse implementation is given, and details of this project, which ultimately fa...

Introduction. How does an experienced Failure Analysis engineer crack a tough analysis? What makes the difference between a new engineer's Failure Analysis approach and the seasoned, effective analysis method of a veteran? Can our industry capture a formulation of correct Failure Analysis methodology to accelerate the development of new engineers and aid the strong skills of experienced analyst...

Delamination is one of the most common failure modes in composite structures. In the case of in-plane compressional loading, delamination of a layered flat structure can cause a local buckling in delaminated area which subsequently affects the overall stiffness of the initial structure. This leads to an early failure of the overall structure. Moreover, with an increase in load, the delaminated ...