Failure Prevention – Designing to Prevent Mechanical Failure

  • Overview
  • Course Content
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Overview

Failure Prevention – Designing to Prevent Mechanical Failure

Course Description

“Failure is not an option” is how the famous expression goes, but how is failure prevented?  Especially applicable when the penalty for failure is high, such as aerospace & defense, this course shows the ways in which you can prevent failure.  Learn the design process including requirements, design, analysis, testing, and the end product.  Learn about failure modes, material behavior under load, design approaches, safety factors, fatigue, fracture mechanics, inspection, and testing.  Experience concepts firsthand with interactive labs.  This is a crash course to give designers, engineers, technicians, maintainers, and managers what they need to ensure parts don’t fail when it matters most.

Course Content

Topics

  • INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS
  • DEFINING FAILURE AND COMMON FAILURE MODES
  • FATIGUE
  • FRACTURE MECHANICS
  • INSPECTION
  • TESTING
  • CASE STUDIES & DEMONSTRATIONS
Requirements & Materials
Requirements

 

Prerequisites

Recommended

  • An engineering degree will be helpful
Materials

Provided (student will receive)

  • Students will be provided with course slides

Session Details

  • Special Discounts: Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) employees are eligible to receive a discount.  If you are a GTRI employee, please go to the Organizational Development website and look for the coupon code under GT Professional Development. Review coupon instructions for more information.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for engineers, scientists, technicians, maintainers, and managers who work on projects involving design, analysis, testing, inspection, maintenance, repair, or replacement of parts where failure is undesirable.

Working professionals attending a Defense Tech course

What You Will Learn

• Design approaches to prevent part failure

• How to increase part lifespan

• How much safety margin is appropriate for an application

• Inspection & testing methods for parts

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How You Will Benefit

• Experience classroom concepts firsthand with interactive demos

• Understand common tests and how testing can significantly decrease the chance for failure in the field.

• Gain confidence in your ability to design parts.

• Understand how materials fail, and how different materials fail differently.

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The course schedule was well-structured with a mix of lectures, class discussions, and hands-on exercises led by knowledgeable and engaging instructors.

- Abe Kani
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