Local universities graduates are encouraged to take parts in business opportunity in Malaysia
a) Explain the definition of failure in term of materials engineering?
[10 Marks]
Inability of a materials or a components to
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b) In term of economy, convince the Graduate Entrepreneur Schemes evaluation committee panels on the important and the value of failure analysis that will be offered to potential industry customers.
[40 Marks]
# Identify corrective actions based on a determination of the root cause of the failure. # Minimize future failures of the same type. # Tool that can be used to Ø reduce maintenance costs, Ø increase system availability, Ø reduce the potential losses involved in catastrophic failures. # Potential savings will vary on a case by case basis. # Used to identify the party at fault. 3 Financial losses resulting from a failure can often be recovered when Ø deficiencies in design, Ø workmanship or Ø materials can be identified as the root cause of the failure. |
c) In your proposal, list down and justify the procurement of the scientific equipments that necessitate to purchased to implement failure analysis consultation services
[30 Marks]
1) Photography 2) Optical Microscopy up to 600X 3) Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) over 10,000X 4) Chemical Analysis Ø SEM/EDS Ø Spark Emission Spectroscopy Ø Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) 5) Mechanical Testing Ø Hardness, micro-hardness, tensile, shear, physical testing 6) Stress Analysis / FEA Ø Magnitude, principal direction, sensitivity 7) Instrumentation Ø Strain Gages, accelerometers, thermocouples, ect. 8) Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) |
b) Recommend the types of potential industries that needs your consultation services
[20 Marks]
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