Linking component function to component failure for use in conceptual design failure analysis

Author

Michael Eugene Stock

Keywords and Phrases

Elemental function-failure design method (EFDM); Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)

Abstract

"To improve on this process of failure analysis, the Elemental Function-Failure Design Method (EFDM) is presented here as an activity that has been developed to allow failure analysis to be performed earlier in the process of designing new products and be guided by historically archived failure knowledge."--Abstract, page iv.

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Fall 2003

Journal article titles appearing in thesis/dissertation

• Going back in time to improve design: the elemental function-failure design method
• Linking product functionality to historic failures to improve failure analysis in design
• Building and investigating large function-failure knowledge bases

Pagination

x, 99 pages

Rights

© 2003 Michael Eugene Stock, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Citation

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Quality controlReliability (Engineering)

Thesis Number

T 8455

Print OCLC #

55491123

Recommended Citation

Stock, Michael Eugene, "Linking component function to component failure for use in conceptual design failure analysis" (2003). Masters Theses. 2468.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/2468