Root Cause Analysis in Engineering Design

Root Cause Analysis in Engineering Design
Author:
Publisher: Raymond Faiers
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2024-07-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Engineering design is an intricate process that demands precision, innovation, and a keen understanding of the underlying factors that contribute to both success and failure. "Introduction to Root Cause Analysis for Engineering Design" is a comprehensive guide that equips engineers, designers, and quality professionals with the tools and methodologies needed to identify, analyze, and rectify the fundamental causes of problems within engineering systems. Key Features: In-Depth Exploration of RCA: Delve into the core principles and methodologies of Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Understand how RCA extends beyond merely addressing symptoms to uncover the root causes of failures, ensuring sustainable and long-lasting solutions. Historical and Theoretical Foundations: Gain insights into the historical evolution of RCA, influenced by pioneers like W. Edwards Deming and Kaoru Ishikawa. Explore the theoretical underpinnings that have shaped modern RCA practices. Practical Methodologies: Learn step-by-step processes for implementing various RCA methodologies, including Fishbone Diagrams, 5 Whys, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). Each method is detailed with clear instructions and practical examples. Tools and Techniques: Discover a range of statistical tools, simulation methods, and software solutions that enhance the RCA process. From Pareto Charts to advanced Big Data Analytics, this book provides a toolkit for effective problem-solving. Human Factors: Understand the critical role of human error in engineering failures. Learn techniques for identifying and mitigating human factors to improve safety and reliability in design. Implementation Strategies: Explore strategies for building an RCA culture within engineering teams. Learn about training and development programs, collaborative RCA processes, and effective communication and reporting strategies. Advanced Topics: Stay ahead of the curve with discussions on integrating RCA with Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Agile, and Lean methodologies. Learn about the application of RCA in sustainable and eco-friendly designs, and the future role of predictive analysis and preventative measures. Challenges and Future Trends: Navigate common pitfalls in RCA and learn strategies to avoid them. Explore emerging technologies like AI, IoT, and AR/VR that are shaping the future of RCA. Understand how RCA will evolve to meet the demands of modern engineering design. Real-World Applications: Benefit from case studies and examples that illustrate RCA in action. See how effective root cause analysis can drive continuous improvement, innovation, and excellence in engineering design. Why This Book? "Introduction to Root Cause Analysis for Engineering Design" is an essential resource for anyone involved in the engineering design process. Whether you are an experienced engineer looking to refine your skills or a student eager to learn the fundamentals, this book provides a thorough and practical guide to mastering RCA. Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools to create more reliable, efficient, and innovative engineering solutions.

Designing Engineers

Designing Engineers
Author: Louis L. Bucciarelli
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1994
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780262023771

Engineering observations - The object - Cosmology - Ecology - Design discourse - Endings.

Medical Device Use Error

Medical Device Use Error
Author: Michael Wiklund
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2016-01-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1498705804

Medical Device Use Error: Root Cause Analysis offers practical guidance on how to methodically discover and explain the root cause of a use error-a mistake-that occurs when someone uses a medical device. Covering medical devices used in the home and those used in clinical environments, the book presents informative case studies about the use errors

Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design, Third Edition

Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design, Third Edition
Author: Mahmoud M. Farag
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1466564091

Introducing a new engineering product or changing an existing model involves making designs, reaching economic decisions, selecting materials, choosing manufacturing processes, and assessing its environmental impact. These activities are interdependent and should not be performed in isolation from each other. This is because the materials and processes used in making the product can have a large influence on its design, cost, and performance in service. Since the publication of the second edition of this book, changes have occurred in the fields of materials and manufacturing. Industries now place more emphasis on manufacturing products and goods locally, rather than outsourcing. Nanostructured and smart materials appear more frequently in products, composites are used in designing essential parts of civilian airliners, and biodegradable materials are increasingly used instead of traditional plastics. More emphasis is now placed on how products affect the environment, and society is willing to accept more expensive but eco-friendly goods. In addition, there has been a change in the emphasis and the way the subjects of materials and manufacturing are taught within a variety of curricula and courses in higher education. This third edition of the bestselling Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design has been comprehensively revised and reorganized to reflect these changes. In addition, the presentation has been enhanced and the book includes more real-world case studies.

Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety in Engineering Design

Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety in Engineering Design
Author: Rudolph Frederick Stapelberg
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 842
Release: 2009-02-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1848001754

This handbook studies the combination of various methods of designing for reliability, availability, maintainability and safety, as well as the latest techniques in probability and possibility modeling, mathematical algorithmic modeling, evolutionary algorithmic modeling, symbolic logic modeling, artificial intelligence modeling and object-oriented computer modeling.

Complexity Metrics in Engineering Design

Complexity Metrics in Engineering Design
Author: Matthias Kreimeyer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2011-07-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642209637

This book presents the results of several years’ research work on how to characterize complexity in engineering design with a specific regard to dependency modeling. The 52 complexity metrics that are presented show different facets of how complexity takes shape in design processes. The metrics are supported by a modeling method and a measurement framework to employ the metrics in a goal-oriented manner. The detailed description of all involved metrics and models makes it possible to apply the analysis approach to common process modeling methodologies. Three case studies from automotive process management illustrate the application to facilitate the transfer to other cases in an industrial context. The comprehensive appendix supplies additional details and checklists for structural analysis to generate a complete overview of current means of structural analysis.

Flexibility in Engineering Design

Flexibility in Engineering Design
Author: Richard De Neufville
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2011-08-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0262297337

A guide to using the power of design flexibility to improve the performance of complex technological projects, for designers, managers, users, and analysts. Project teams can improve results by recognizing that the future is inevitably uncertain and that by creating flexible designs they can adapt to eventualities. This approach enables them to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid harmful losses. Designers of complex, long-lasting projects—such as communication networks, power plants, or hospitals—must learn to abandon fixed specifications and narrow forecasts. They need to avoid the “flaw of averages,” the conceptual pitfall that traps so many designs in underperformance. Failure to allow for changing circumstances risks leaving significant value untapped. This book is a guide for creating and implementing value-enhancing flexibility in design. It will be an essential resource for all participants in the development and operation of technological systems: designers, managers, financial analysts, investors, regulators, and academics. The book provides a high-level overview of why flexibility in design is needed to deliver significantly increased value. It describes in detail methods to identify, select, and implement useful flexibility. The book is unique in that it explicitly recognizes that future outcomes are uncertain. It thus presents forecasting, analysis, and evaluation tools especially suited to this reality. Appendixes provide expanded explanations of concepts and analytic tools.

Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design

Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design
Author: Mahmoud M. Farag
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 563
Release: 2020-12-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000326799

Introducing a new engineering product or changing an existing model involves developing designs, reaching economic decisions, selecting materials, choosing manufacturing processes, and assessing environmental impact. These activities are interdependent and should not be performed in isolation from each other. This is because the materials and processes used in making a product can have a major influence on its design, cost, and performance in service. This Fourth Edition of the best-selling Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design takes all of this into account and has been comprehensively revised to reflect the many advances in the fields of materials and manufacturing, including: Increasing use of additive manufacturing technology, especially in biomedical, aerospace and automotive applications Emphasizing the environmental impact of engineering products, recycling, and increasing use of biodegradable polymers and composites Analyzing further into weight reduction of products through design changes as well as material and process selection, especially in manufacturing products such as electric cars Discussing new methods for solving multi-criteria decision-making problems, including multi-component material selection as well as concurrent and geometry-dependent selection of materials and joining technology Increasing use of MATLAB by engineering students in solving problems This textbook features the following pedagogical tools: New and updated practical case studies from industry A variety of suggested topics and background information for in-class group work Ideas and background information for reflection papers so readers can think critically about the material they have read, give their interpretation of the issues under discussion and the lessons learned, and then propose a way forward Open-book exercises and questions at the end of each chapter where readers are evaluated on how they use the material, rather than how well they recall it, in addition to the traditional review questions Includes a solutions manual and PowerPoint lecture materials for adopting professors Aimed at students in mechanical, manufacturing, and materials engineering, as well as professionals in these fields, this book provides the practical know-how in order to choose the right materials and processes for development of new or enhanced products.

Chemical Engineering Design

Chemical Engineering Design
Author: Gavin Towler
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 1321
Release: 2012-01-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080966608

Chemical Engineering Design, Second Edition, deals with the application of chemical engineering principles to the design of chemical processes and equipment. Revised throughout, this edition has been specifically developed for the U.S. market. It provides the latest US codes and standards, including API, ASME and ISA design codes and ANSI standards. It contains new discussions of conceptual plant design, flowsheet development, and revamp design; extended coverage of capital cost estimation, process costing, and economics; and new chapters on equipment selection, reactor design, and solids handling processes. A rigorous pedagogy assists learning, with detailed worked examples, end of chapter exercises, plus supporting data, and Excel spreadsheet calculations, plus over 150 Patent References for downloading from the companion website. Extensive instructor resources, including 1170 lecture slides and a fully worked solutions manual are available to adopting instructors. This text is designed for chemical and biochemical engineering students (senior undergraduate year, plus appropriate for capstone design courses where taken, plus graduates) and lecturers/tutors, and professionals in industry (chemical process, biochemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical sectors). New to this edition: - Revised organization into Part I: Process Design, and Part II: Plant Design. The broad themes of Part I are flowsheet development, economic analysis, safety and environmental impact and optimization. Part II contains chapters on equipment design and selection that can be used as supplements to a lecture course or as essential references for students or practicing engineers working on design projects. - New discussion of conceptual plant design, flowsheet development and revamp design - Significantly increased coverage of capital cost estimation, process costing and economics - New chapters on equipment selection, reactor design and solids handling processes - New sections on fermentation, adsorption, membrane separations, ion exchange and chromatography - Increased coverage of batch processing, food, pharmaceutical and biological processes - All equipment chapters in Part II revised and updated with current information - Updated throughout for latest US codes and standards, including API, ASME and ISA design codes and ANSI standards - Additional worked examples and homework problems - The most complete and up to date coverage of equipment selection - 108 realistic commercial design projects from diverse industries - A rigorous pedagogy assists learning, with detailed worked examples, end of chapter exercises, plus supporting data and Excel spreadsheet calculations plus over 150 Patent References, for downloading from the companion website - Extensive instructor resources: 1170 lecture slides plus fully worked solutions manual available to adopting instructors

Practical Plant Failure Analysis

Practical Plant Failure Analysis
Author: Neville W. Sachs
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420020005

Component failures result from a combination of factors involving materials science, mechanics, thermodynamics, corrosion, and tribology. With the right guidance, you don’t have to be an authority in all of these areas to become skilled at diagnosing and preventing failures. Based on the author’s more than thirty years of experience, Practical Plant Failure Analysis: A Guide to Understanding Machinery Deterioration and Improving Equipment Reliability is a down-to-earth guide to improving machinery maintenance and reliability. Illustrated with hundreds of diagrams and photographs, this book examines... · When and how to conduct a physical failure analysis · Basic material properties including heat treating mechanisms, work hardening, and the effects of temperature changes on material properties · The differences in appearance between ductile overload, brittle overload, and fatigue failures · High cycle fatigue and how to differentiate between high stress concentrations and high operating stresses · Low cycle fatigue and unusual fatigue situations · Lubrication and its influence on the three basic bearing designs · Ball and roller bearings, gears, fasteners, V-belts, and synchronous belts Taking a detailed and systematic approach, Practical Plant Failure Analysis thoroughly explains the four major failure mechanisms—wear, corrosion, overload, and fatigue—as well as how to identify them. The author clearly identifies how these mechanisms appear in various components and supplies convenient charts that demonstrate how to identify the specific causes of failure.