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Keywords for Engineering Failure Analysis, in the following order: . The field of engineering (mandatory) 2. The name of the component or system (mandatory) 3. The component material (mandatory) 4, The component manufacturing process 5. The principal methodology (mandatory) 6. Primary failure mechanism (mandatory) 7. The leading root cause (mandatory) 8. The main preventive actions (mandatory) Keywords 1+ Field of engineering (mandatory, choose one) Aerospace engineering Biomedical engineering Chemical engineering Civil engineering Power generation Electrical engineering Electronic engineering Mining engineering Metallurgical engineering ©. Mechanical engineering Naval engineering Railway engineering Oil and gas engineering Other (please identify) 2- Name of component or system (mandatory, choose one) Please identify 3- Component material (mandatory, choose one) Aluminium alloys Cast-iron Ceramics Copper alloys Composites Glass Elastomers Electronic materials Natural materials Nickel alloys Polymers Steel Titanium alloys Zirconium alloys Other (please identify) 4- Component manufacturing process (non-mandatory, choose one) Adhesives Additive manufacturing Casting Composite forming Deposition | Electrodeposition Fasteners Heat treatment and ion implantation Machining Moulding Deformation Powder methods Surface coating Welding Other (please identify 5- The principal methodology (mandatory, choose one) Corrosion testing Finite elements analysis Fractography Microscopic characterisation and microanalysis, Mathematical modelling with experimental validation Mechanical testing Physical properties analysis Tribological testing Other (please identif 6+ The primary failure mechanism (mandatory, choose one) Corrosion Creep Degradation Distortion Erosion U Fatigue Environmental-assisted cracking Hydrogen embrittlement Overload brittle fracture Overload ductile fracture Oxidation Wear Other (please identify) 7- The leading root cause (mandatory) Design fault Installation/assembly error Material defect Manufacturing defect Maintenance error Operation error Organisational/management deficiency Other (please identify) 8. The main preventive action (mandatory) Please identify

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