COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FAILURE SCIENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MME 4051 FAILURE SCIENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR UĞUR MALAYOĞLU

Offered to

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Course Objective

Scope of the course is to get students acquainted with materials failures, the techniques to investigate the cause of failures and the measures to be taken to prevent the reoccurrence of failures in light of the findings reached. By considering the moral and materialistic losses occurring as a results of materials failures, help the students to develop their skills to conduct an investigation on failed parts and systems, to make the right choice for the test methods of investigation and to gain ability to use these methods. Enable students to draw a relation between the results and causes of the failures.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To acquaint students with the techniques to be used for elucidating the extents of productive and design aspects of the failures.
2   Understand the test methods and interpret their results in order to identify the particulars arising from microstructure that results from loading and service conditions.
3   Recognize the types of failures and the basic mechanisms related to failures.
4   Enable to construct the experimental setup in order to inspect the materials behaviours failed to comply with the expectations.
5   Encourage students to show great discretion for the controversial issues between the sides involved in materials failures.
6   Instruct students on the use of destructive and non-destructive techniques in investigating a failure case.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Planning in failure analysis
2 Destructive and non-destructive analysis of defects causing failure and preparing written reports.
3 Materials failure and its prevention-An introduction: Basic concepts.
4 Basic causes of failures and classification of failures.
5 Basic causes of failures and classification of failures.
6 Materials defects
7 Defects arising from production and design.
8 1st interim exam
9 Anomalies experienced in service life.
10 Defects associated with machining and metal working.
11 Problems arising due to heath treatment.
12 2nd interim exam
13 Failures caused by welding and finishing processes
14 Social and economical extends of materials failures related to materials defects

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: Analysis of metallurgical Failures, Second Edition, by V.J. Colangelo, F.A. Heiser. John Wiley & Sons, Publication, 1987.
Reference book: Failure Analysis and Prevention, ASM Handbook V.11, 2011

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To present an oral presentation of a case study in class room as a team or singly and follow the lectures regularly. Asses the students gains acquired in classroom studies in either writing or orally discussing.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Lecture presentation will be provided in class room in line of the course content and discussion regarding topics presented will be held. Problem solving will be presented in relation to the appropriate subjects included in curriculum.

Assessment Criteria

Students performances will be assessed by exams, assignment and presentation according
to Learning Objectives LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Lecture presentation will be provided in class room in line of the course content and discussion regarding topics presented will be held. Problem solving will be presented in relation to the appropriate subjects included in curriculum

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ahmet ÇAKIR
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi,
Metalurji ve Malzeme Mühendisliği Bölümü
Tınaztepe Kampüsü, 35160 Buca / IZMIR
Tel+90 232 3017480
ahmet.cakir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

On Mondays between 9.00-10.00 O clock

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Case study 1 20 20
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 103

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1234344
LO.2543
LO.323232
LO.42352
LO.52344
LO.635332

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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