A Review of Reports of Failures
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Vol. 193 (1) , 125-136
- https://doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1979_193_012_02
Abstract
Despite the general reduction in the incidence of serious technical failures in industry, the failures that do occur are attracting greater public concern. Some reports of inquiries into failures have included statements that engineers should be more broadly educated. Other reports appear to indicate the opposite. This paper is an attempt to review the evidence available from the inquiries of failures in order to define the implications for the education and training of engineers and of managers.Keywords
This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Organizational and Interorganizational Development of DisastersAdministrative Science Quarterly, 1976
- BRIDGE FAILURES.Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1976
- Pre-Service Component Testing of Steam Power and Process PlantProceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1970
- Failure of a 60-MW Steam Turbo-Generator at Uskmouth Power StationProceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1958