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Tag Archives: failure
Shackleton – Success under failure
In late 1914 Ernest Shackleton and a team of 27 men sail towards the South Pole to be the first to cross the Antartic continent but unfortunately the expedition became a failure very early on as the ship Endurance became … Continue reading
Posted in courage, Exploration, leadership, mistakes, success, Uncategorized
Tagged adventure, antartica, courage, Exploration, failure, leadership, success, team leadership
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Integrity in engineering & governance
Jet Engine under test Recent events in the UK and US led me to think about integrity in our world today, especially in places of leadership and governance, and even within our own professions – mine being engineering. Their … Continue reading
Posted in business, design, Engineering, failure, Gas Turbine, humour, Integrity, jet engine, manufacturing, material science, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Politics, quotations, quotes, turbine, Uncategorized
Tagged design, failure, humor, humour, Integrity, jet egine, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Politics, quote, quotes, technology
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3D CAD FEA – Finite Element Analysis
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) as a ‘bolt on’ software for 3D CAD software has been around a while to aid mechanical engineering design. The software over this time has improved in leaps & bounds and it’s price has also come … Continue reading
Posted in 3d, business, cad, COMPUTER SIMULATION, design, Engineering, engineering development, environment, failure, FEA, Heat Energy, humor, humour, Industry, manufacturing, material science, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Physics, precision engineering, quotations, quotes, research science, Simulation, Stress Analysis, technology
Tagged 3d, business, design, development, Displacement Analysis, environment, failure, FEA, humor, humour, projects, quote, quotes, Stress Analysis, technology
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Trust me I’m an Engineer #2 !
A sample of images of how we sometimes get things wrong – enjoy ! Plus a link below of a video clip of The Two Ronnies – Four Candles sketch, as a light way to end the year … Continue reading
Posted in civil engineering, Comedy Sketch, design, Engineering, Engineering Mistakes, humor, humour, mechanical, mistakes, Uncategorized
Tagged architecture, Comedy Sketch, design, Engineering Mistakes, failure, humor, humour, technology
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Tragedy of Italian Bridge Collapse
The Italian port city of Genoa experienced a terrible bridge collapse just one day before Italy’s major summer holidays on 14 August. A large section of the Morandi bridge collapsed amid heavy rainfall. Dozens of vehicles plunged 45m amid heavy … Continue reading
Posted in Bridges, business, civil engineering, design, Engineering, Europe, failure, material science, mechanical, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, technology
Tagged architecture, bridge, business, design, Europe, failure, italy, technology
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It is not personal but business data !
Business data is being used in our factories and services industry to decrease maintenance costs. There are two types of maintenance: ‘condition based’ and ‘predictive’. The former tends to be reactive, repairing faults & failures as they occur over … Continue reading
Posted in business, failure, humor, humour, manufacturing, mechanical, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, quotations, quotes, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged business, design, development, failure, humor, humour, quote, quotes, technology
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Engineering Oversights !
Trains Too Wide ! In France 341 new trains intended to be rolled out over two years were too wide for the platforms in nearly 1,300 stations because railway network engineers “forgot to go and measure the actual distance … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, business, cad, design, Engineering, humor, humour, Industry, manufacturing, mechanical, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, mistakes, project engineering, technology, train travel, transport, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged architecture, business, design, development, Europe, failure, humor, humour, Industry, manufacturing, projects, technology
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Trust me I’m an Engineer !
A sample of images of how we sometimes get things wrong – enjoy ! Plus below a link to video clip of Peter Kay as a light way to end the year ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH5vSHiAOAE Happy & Prosperous 2017 All … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, civil, design, Engineering, failure, humor, humour, mechanical, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, mistakes, project engineering, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged architecture, design, failure, humor, humour, mistakes, projects, technology
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HSE get wind of turbine failures !
Five wind turbines crashed to the ground during unexceptional weather conditions leading to an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive. The fifth collapse at Winsdon Farm in north Petherwyn, Cornwall triggered the inquiry in 2013, a 40m Gaia Wind … Continue reading
Posted in business, cad, civil, design, Engineering, environment, failure, green power, humour, manufacturing, mechanical, power generation, renewable energy, technology, turbine
Tagged cad, civil, design, engineering, environment, failure, fatigue cracking, green power, humour, manufacturing, mechanical, power generation, renewable energy, technology, turbine, wind
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