Engineering Failure Analysis : A Technology Assessment

Table of Contents

• 1. Executive Summary
  • 1. Scope & Methodology
    • 1. Scope
    • 2. Research Methodology
  • 2. Overview & Key Findings
    • 1. Overview
    • 2. Key Findings
• 2. Technology and Applications View Point
  • 1. Technical Primer
    • 1. Failure Analysis Methodologies
    • 2. Predictive Failure Analysis Technologies
    • 3. Materials Development and Postmortem Technologies
    • 4. Failure Analysis Techniques for Semiconductors
    • 5. Accident Reconstruction and Fire Analysis
  • 2. Assessment of Technology and Application Trends
    • 1. Failure Analysis Techniques and Applications
    • 2. Predictive Failure Analysis Technologies
    • 3. Condition Monitoring for Risk and Asset Management
    • 4. Role of Advanced Sensors in Failure Analysis
    • 5. Oil Analysis in Machinery Health Monitoring
    • 6. Failure Analysis of Electric Motors
    • 7. Analytical Instruments for Fracture Analysis of Materials
    • 8. Failure Analysis Instruments for Semiconductors
    • 9. Lifecycle Testing and Simulation
• 3. Technology Adoption Factor Analysis
  • 1. Analysis of Technology Drivers
    • 1. Failure Analysis--A Tool for Design Improvement
    • 2. Enhancing Reliability and Decreasing Downtime
    • 3. Safety Requirements and Standards
    • 4. Technology Drivers for Analytical Instruments and Techniques
  • 2. Analysis of Technology Challenges
    • 1. Technology Implementation Challenges
    • 2. Technology Development Challenges
• 4. Key Innovations in Reliability & Failure Analysis Technologies
  • 1. Innovations in Failure Analysis Equipments & Methodologies
    • 1. TRW Conekt Failure Analysis Technologies
    • 2. Portable Data Collector and Video Endoscopy for Predictive Failure Analysis
    • 3. Oil Analysis Technologies Play Pivotal Role in Machinery Health
    • 4. Motor Circuit Analysis Gaining Prominence
    • 5. Failure Analysis Software and its Role in Asset Management Planning
    • 6. Innovative Real-Time Equipment Monitoring
    • 7. Reliability Analysis Software for Nuclear Power Plants--Risk Spectrum
    • 8. Wireless Monitoring of Railway Lines and Civil Structures
    • 9. Bearing Monitoring Technology for Two-Stroke Marine Diesel Engines
  • 2. Research in Failure Analysis Technologies
    • 1. Plastic Failure Analysis by Advanced Analytical Techniques
    • 2. Fracture Topography Analysis Poised To Create a Breakthrough
    • 3. Novel Analytical Instrument that Can 'See' Sound
    • 4. Monitoring of Aging Infrastructure with Innovative Corrosion Sensors
    • 5. Simulation Failure Analysis for Development of Road Safety Barriers
    • 6. Failure Analysis and its Role in Integrated Asset Management
    • 7. X-ray Microtomography Assessment of Implantable Bone Cement
    • 8. Failure Analysis Techniques for MEMS and ICs
    • 9. Failure Analysis of Automotive Power Devices Using Extreme Fatigue Testing
• 5. Database of Key Industry Participants & Key Patents
  • 1. Database of Key Industry Participants
    • 1. Corporate
    • 2. Academic & Research Organisations
  • 2. Key Patents
    • 1. United States Patents
    • 2. Patents from Rest of the World
• 6. Frost & Sullivan 2005 Science & Technology Awards
  • 1. Technology Innovation
    • 1. Award Description
    • 2. Award Recipient
  • 2. Excellence in Research
    • 1. Award Description
    • 2. Award Recipient
  • 3. Excellence in Technology
    • 1. Award Description
    • 2. Award Recipient
• 7. Critical Reference Tables
  • 1. Decision Support Database
    • 1. World Military R&D Expenditure (1999-2006)
    • 2. World Semiconductor Market and Semiconductor Equipment Market (1999-2006)
    • 3. World Control and Instrumentation Contribution to the Electronics Industry (1999-2006)
    • 4. World PCB Sales (1999-2006)
    • 5. World Total Electricity Generation (1999-2006)
    • 6. World Nuclear Electricity Generation (1999-2006)