Failure Analysis is an evaluation to determine why an assembly,
mechanism, or component broke, fractured or malfunctioned. This
evaluation can involve components from automobiles, aircraft,
watercraft, and consumer products such as chairs, ladders, glass,
structural members and fasteners. The product in question may be a
component made from metal, plastic, rubber, glass, or a composite
material.
This analysis generally requires a laboratory evaluation, which could
include electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, and a material
microstructural evaluation. As a result of that evaluation, the
failure or fracture mode is determined in conjunction with the
physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of the subject material.
The culmination of this laboratory evaluation, along with the
investigator's deductive reasoning and sequential thinking, lead
to a probable sequence of events and an engineering explanation for
how and why the failure occurred. This analysis can be critical to the
outcome of the litigation matter.
Consulting Engineers & Scientists, Inc. has the expertise and
experience as well as a high degree of problem solving skills in this
refined and technical engineering discipline. Please call us today to
discuss your failure analysis matter.