Engineering

Computationally predicting where wear will occur in engines

A research group has created an analysis method to predict wear and seizure locations in the sliding parts of engine piston pins. The breakthrough will help limit wear and tear on transportation and industrial machinery components ...

Engineering

Pinpointing the sound of rock failure

If a rock deep in the subsurface cracks and fails under pressure and temperature change, can the sound it makes be heard and identified? Finding the specific sound a rock makes when it cracks and breaks seems impossible when ...

Energy & Green Tech

Texas February 2021 freeze analyzed one year later

Last February's severe winter storm caused sustained peaks in demand for electricity across Texas, triggering tremendous stress on the state's power grid and widespread outages lasting days. Now a new report from Rice University's ...

Energy & Green Tech

Stay safe when winter storms cut your power

(HealthDay)—With a major winter storm bearing down on most of the U.S. Northeast, making a plan to keep your family warm and safe if power is knocked out is crucial.

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Failure

Failure refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.

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