WHAT IS FORENSIC METALLURGY
someone once asked me, WHAT IS FORENSIC METALLURGY?
i responded this way.....it is the practice of scientific investigation into failure events: why things fail.
the focus of such an investigation is almost always a catastrophic failure - always involving loss of property. sometimes involving loss of life[lives].
as a rule, the reasons for such failures are limited to these few culprits....
1. intrinsically failure-prone[i.e., bad] design.
2. unsatisfactory, unsuitable, defective materials.
3. negligent management of manufacturing: no relevant quality control.
4. negligent application/usage of otherwise well-designed, well-constructed materials.
perhaps you can visualize how this investigational discipline can be extended to the analysis of the management of a country.
more to follow....
i responded this way.....it is the practice of scientific investigation into failure events: why things fail.
the focus of such an investigation is almost always a catastrophic failure - always involving loss of property. sometimes involving loss of life[lives].
as a rule, the reasons for such failures are limited to these few culprits....
1. intrinsically failure-prone[i.e., bad] design.
2. unsatisfactory, unsuitable, defective materials.
3. negligent management of manufacturing: no relevant quality control.
4. negligent application/usage of otherwise well-designed, well-constructed materials.
perhaps you can visualize how this investigational discipline can be extended to the analysis of the management of a country.
more to follow....
posted by albertchampion at 11:29 PM
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