Failure Analysis

Failure by Type

Most failures may be separated into various category types by failure mode or method. Some categories overlap, i.e., is casting porosity a separate category or is it a manufacturing defect or is it a design defect. It can be any one of the three and/or all three. Metallurgical failure analysis often points to a deeper root cause. Failures by category type are listed below:

 


Updated 5/4/10