Materials Failure Analysis For Technical Personnel

Materials Failure Analysis For Technical Personnel

CODE: MFA

This is a three-day specialized technical training on Materials Failure Analysis / Investigation for Engineering / Technical Management Personnel is specially designed for all field/practicing engineers and technical managers as well as those specifically interested in conducting failure analyses and/or materials failure investigations themselves with a systematic approach that are commonly encountered with metallic materials during metallic production/fabrication. Furthermore, the participants can also gain an insight on the importance of quality control especially in the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, and Shipbuilding Industries.

Objectives

Through this technical training, technical managers and field/practicing engineers who intend to gain an appreciation on the systematic approach on any materials failure analysis/investigation can be realized, and thus to broaden their technical knowledge on the essence of any engineering materials usages relating to maintenance, inspection, alteration and repair of in-service metallic facilities/systems in order to avoid an unplanned shutdown and reduce unnecessary expenses. Essentially, they can make an in-situ sound decision whenever encountering any materials fractures and metallic system failures and even can make a sound decision as to run repair-replace during shutdown and maintenance planning.

Course Contents

Day 1: How to Conduct a Failure Analysis

• Introduction: Understanding the relative importance of failure analysis.
• Mechanical stresses / environmental- / chemical-influences.
• The systematic approach for failure analysis.
• Physical Testing, Finite Element Analysis, Fracture Mechanics, Determine the Type of Failure: Ductile Fracture, Brittle Fracture, Fatigue Fracture.
• Root Cause Determination; Synthesize and Summarize the Data.

Day 2: How to Conduct a Materials Failure Analysis / Investigation.

• Acquiring background information.
• Equation for successful failure analysis.
• Preliminary Examination; Failure Analysis Rules.
• Material Evaluation, Environmental testing, Mechanical testing, Chemical analysis.
• Metallography. 
• Fractography. 
• Special Testing; Fracture mechanics, Finite element analysis, Simulation.
• Typical Non-Destructive Examination Methods.
• Typical chemical analysis methods.
• Typical Mechanical Testing Methods.
• Analyze Data & Prepare a Report.
• Technical Terms.
• Case Studies: Mechanical & Metallurgical Failure Mechanisms.

Day 3: Case Studies on common Failure / Damage Mechanisms.

• Introduction – References to Common Standards, Technical Terms.
• General Failure/ Damage Mechanisms – all industries.
• Mechanical and Metallurgical Failure Mechanisms.
• Uniform and Localized Corrosion.
• Environment Assisted Cracking.

Duration

3 days (practical theories, interaction discussion, various relevant case studies & course assessment test)

Who Should Attend

• Discipline Engineers involved in materials selection or corrosion.
• This course is most beneficial to technical management personnel of all levels;
• Operations / maintenance engineers
• Welding inspectors
• Supervisors
• Planners
• Coordinators
• Junior and senior engineers
• Design engineers,
• Manufacturers / suppliers,
• Fabricators
• Engineering contractors,
• Technical managers
• Field / practising engineers who are involved in the project management,
• Contract engineers
• Schedule planning of related activities as well as operations and maintenance activities in upstream and downstream sectors of oil & gas facilities, refineries, process plants and petrochemical facilities.

Pre-Requisites

Participants should have at least a basic science and / engineering background with some years of field work experience.

Certificate

Certificate of Attendance

Language

English