EGBEWUNMI EBUNOLUWA11CK012439ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING500L

1. FAILURE ANALYSIS REPORT

S/N ENGINEERING SYSTEM FAILURE

CAUSE OF FAILURE

ENGINEEERING DISCIPLINE RESPONSIBLE

IMPACT OF FAILURE

1. Mumbai building collapse

Poor construction

CIVIL ENGINEERING

LOSS OF LIVES AND PROPERTY

2. Airliner crash at Verona

Wing flutter followed by wing collapse

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

CRASH KILLED ALL ON BOARD

3. Collapse of Nigeria Development Bank

Structural weakness

CIVIL ENGINEERING

LOSS OF LIVES AND PROPERTY

4. Lawn Lake Dam Outlet Pipe Erosion

MECHANICAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING

FLOODING, LOSS OF LIVES AND PROPERTY

5. Utbremen Radio Tower Collapse

Lack of lightning arrestors

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

DAMAGED EQUIPMENT.

6. Four-story block of flats collapse

Poor construction

CIVIL ENGINEERING

LOSS OF LIVES AND PROPERTY

7. McDonald Dam Excess Current ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

DAMAGE OF EQUIPMENT

8. Bad road, Idiroko Road

Poor Construction

CIVIL ENGINEERING

DAMAGE TO CARS AND INCREASED TRAFFIC

9. Lake Central Flight 527

Propeller manufacturing defect

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

PROPELLER BROKE APART, ONE OF THE BLADES PUNCTURED THE FUSELAGE, CAUSING THE FORWARD SECTION TO BREAK AWAY

10. BEA Flight 706 Undetected Corrosion

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

LOSS OF TAILPLANE AND DAMAGED AIRCRAFT

2. PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES AND WEIGHTING FACTORS

S/N PRODUCT ATTRIBUTE WEIGHTING FACTOR1 Cost of product 10%2 Effect of weather conditions 10%3 Quality of product 15%4 Life span of product 10%5 Fulfilment of need/ want 15%6 Ease of use 8%7 Portability (Size and shape) of the product 10%8 Maintenance of product 12%9 Aesthetics 5%10 Availability of product 5%