Third International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis

Submitted by powerservices on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 11:38.

ICEFA-III is taking place from 13-16 July 2008 in Sitges, Spain. The meeting will provide a forum for the presentation, advancement and dissemination of failure analysis studies for the benefit of the wider world.

Topics will include:
The analysis of engineering disasters, accidents and failures
Designing, manufacturing, operating and maintaining artifacts to avoid failure
Examples of technology transfer
The structure, properties and behaviour of engineering materials involving detailed application of material parameters to problems in structures, components and design.
Representative subject areas are given below but are not exhaustive.
Aerospace
Marine and offshore
Automotive
Railways
Power generation
Chemical and process plant distribution
Sports and leisure equipment
Consumer goods
Electronic device failures
Medical and surgical failures
Structural failures
Manufacturing processes
Machinery failures
Mining and mineral handling
Pressure vessels equipment
Historical disasters
Architectural and building
Reliability studies failures
Repair and maintenance
Failure analysis and design strategies
The language of the conference will be English.