Engineering Failure Analysis detailed syllabus for Manufacturing Engineering (Manuf) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Manuf students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Manufacturing Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Manuf 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to Manuf Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of engineering failure analysis is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9
Material failure modes and their identification- Tools for failure analysis: Optical microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy, Scanning electron microscopy. Systematic approach to failure analysis.
Unit II
MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF FAILURE 9
Tensile test – Static loading – Combined stress -Principal stresses – Theories of failure -Triaxial stresses and constraint – Plane stress – Plane strain – Stress concentration factors and notch sensitivity – Shock and impact loading.
Unit III
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Unit IV
FRACTURE MECHANICS AND FAILURES 9
Fracture processes -Meaning of ductile and brittle fracture – Effect of strain rate and temperature-Linear elastic fracture mechanics – fracture mechanics principles in design practice – Elastic Plastic fracture mechanics – Examples of crack-growth Analysis for cyclic loading.
Unit V
FAILURES IN JOINTS AND FASTENERS 9
Welded constructions and screw fastenings – Environmental degradation – Embrittlement of metals and alloys.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to
- Identify and explain different types of failure of engineering materials and their characteristic features.
- Differentiate the significance, usage and limitations of various material characterization tools used for failure studies.
- Apply various theories of failure to the components subjected to multidirectional loading.
- Determine the life of a mechanical component subjected to variable loading.
- Apply the principles of fracture mechanics and design for failure against fracture.
- Design for failure against wear failure and creep loading
- Develop expertise on the experimental techniques and simulations utilized for failure
- analysis of various components and interpret the probable reasons for failure.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- F.C. Campbell, Fatigue and Fracture: Understanding the basic, 1st edition, ASM International, 2012.
- Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf, Mahmood Aliofkhazraei, Handbook of Materials Analysis with Case Studies from the Aerospace, BH, Elsevier,U.K, 2016.
- Charles R. Brooks and Ashok Choudhury, Failur Failure Analysis of Engineering Materials, McGraw Hill publications, 2001
- Jose Luis Otegui, Failure Analysis: Fundamentals and Applications in Mechanical Components, Springer, 2014
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