ME25 Front-Line Failure Analysis and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Khosit Youngchamanan
April 28, 2026
Rayong
Khosit Youngchamanan
April 28, 2026
Rayong
The Front-Line Failure Analysis and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) course provides a structured introduction to engineering-based failure investigation and RCA methodologies. It covers fundamental concepts of failure, systematic front-line analysis approaches, and RCA frameworks across event, physical, system, and organizational levels, supported by an evidence-based engineering mindset.
The course also addresses common physical failure mechanisms, practical prevention strategies, and widely used RCA tools and techniques through case-based learning and practical exercises relevant to industrial applications.
Day 1:
1. Definition of Failure, Front-Line Failure Analysis and Root Cause Analysis
• Definition of Failure: Functional failure, performance degradation, mechanical failure.
• Latent vs catastrophic failures and their impact on safety and reliability.
• Front-Line Failure Analysis: Field-based macroscopic engineering approach.
2. Introduction to Failure Analysis and Front-Line Failure Analysis
• Objectives of failure investigation.
• Engineering mindset vs assumption-based decision making.
• Failure investigation workflow overview.
• Role of frontline engineers in reliability culture.
3. Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Levels of RCA
• Levels of RCA: Event, physical, system, organizational.
4. How Failures Happen and Causes of Failure
• Failure chain: Load → Damage Mechanism → Material Response → Fracture.
• Design, material, fabrication, installation, operation, maintenance causes.
• Interaction of stress, material, and environment.
5. Importance of Engineering Analysis
• Evidence-based engineering decision making.
• When to escalate to specialist or laboratory analysis.
6. Basic Requirements for Performing Failure Analysis
• Documentation and data collection.
Day 2:
7. Primary Physical Root Causes of Failure (Physical/Technical)
• Overload and impact failure.
• Fatigue (high-cycle, low-cycle, thermal).
• Brittle vs ductile fracture.
• Corrosion mechanisms and erosion.
• Creep and overheating damage.
• Wear and hydrogen embrittlement.
8. Engineering Aspects of Failure and Prevention
• Design margin and derating philosophy.
• Material compatibility and selection.
• Inspection planning and RBI concepts.
• Preventive vs predictive maintenance strategies.
9. Tools and Techniques in Failure Analysis
• 5-Why, Fishbone, Fault Tree, Event Tree.
• Barrier analysis.
• NDT overview (UT, MT, PT, RT).
10. Failure Analysis and Life Assessment Concepts
• Remaining life estimation and corrosion rate projection.
• Fatigue life (S-N curve concept).
• Creep life (time-temperature relationship).
11. Practices of Failure Analysis
• Case study
• Corrective action verification planning.
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