Fifth International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis

A modern innovation cycle now demands that component design involves a whole of life appraoch, incorporating an awareness of manufacture, safety, reliability, environmental sensitivity and disposal. This has focussed attention on the pivotal role of failure analysis as an essential tool to improve equipement availability help prevent accidents and disasters and to inform the process of design, manufacture, opertaion and maintenance of key plant and equipment. The strengths of past conferences have been the emphasis on practical application of technical knowledge to engineering failure analysis and the extensive use of case studies to the development of an understanding of engineering failures. The case study approach is strongly encouraged as an important mechanism for developing a body of knowledge well rooted in practical experience.