NPTEL : NOC:Failure Analysis and Prevention (Mechanical Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Dr. D. K. Dwivedi


Lecture 1 - Introduction - Need and scope of failure analysis and prevention

Lecture 2 - Introduction - Engineering disasters and understanding failures

Lecture 3 - Fundamental sources of failures - Deficient design - I

Lecture 4 - Fundamental sources of failures - Deficient design - II

Lecture 5 - Fundamental sources of failures - Deficient design - III and upgrading of a part

Lecture 6 - Fundamental sources of failures - Imperfections in base metals

Lecture 7 - Fundamental sources of failures - Improper Manufacturing - I

Lecture 8 - Fundamental sources of failures - Improper Manufacturing - II

Lecture 9 - Fundamental sources of failures - Improper Manufacturing - III

Lecture 10 - Fundamental sources of failures - Improper Manufacturing - IV and improper service conditions

Lecture 11 - Fundamental sources of failures - Poor assembly, service and maintenance

Lecture 12 - Industrial engineering tool for failure analysis - Pareto diagram

Lecture 13 - Industrial engineering tool for failure analysis - Fishbone diagram and FMEA

Lecture 14 - Industrial engineering tool for failure analysis - FMEA

Lecture 15 - Industrial engineering tool for failure analysis - Fault tree analysis

Lecture 16 - Industrial engineering tool for failure analysis - Reliability - I

Lecture 17 - Industrial engineering tool for failure analysis - Reliability - II

Lecture 18 - General procedure of failure analysis - Steps

Lecture 19 - General procedure of failure analysis - Background information collection

Lecture 20 - General procedure of failure analysis - Preliminary examination

Lecture 21 - General procedure of failure analysis - NDT for failure analysis

Lecture 22 - General procedure of failure analysis - Destructive testing

Lecture 23 - General procedure of failure analysis - DT, selection, preservation, cleaning and sectioning of samples

Lecture 24 - General procedure of failure analysis - Macroscopy of fracture surfaces - I

Lecture 25 - General procedure of failure analysis - Macroscopy of fracture surfaces - II

Lecture 26 - General procedure of failure analysis - Macroscopy of fracture surfaces - III

Lecture 27 - General procedure of failure analysis - Macroscopy of fracture surfaces - IV

Lecture 28 - General procedure of failure analysis - Microscopy of fracture surfaces

Lecture 29 - General procedure of failure analysis - Metallography of failed components

Lecture 30 - General procedure of failure analysis - Determination of type of fracture - I

Lecture 31 - General procedure of failure analysis - Determination of type of fracture - II

Lecture 32 - General procedure of failure analysis - Determination of type of fracture - III and chemical analysis

Lecture 33 - General procedure of failure analysis - Application of fracture mechanics - I

Lecture 34 - General procedure of failure analysis - Application of fracture mechanics - II

Lecture 35 - General procedure of failure analysis - Simulated test service conditions and analysis of evidences

Lecture 36 - General procedure of failure analysis - Question for analysis

Lecture 37 - General procedure of failure analysis - Reporting failure analysis and failure analysis of welded joint

Lecture 38 - General procedure of failure analysis - Failure analysis of weld joint

Lecture 39 - General procedure of failure analysis - Examples of failure analysis

Lecture 40 - General procedure of failure analysis - Embrittlement of steels