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很久没叫大家学英语，今天这篇也是来自engineeringclicks,作者是一个穆斯林女工程师，截一段作者简介，虽然不资深，但是看看别人的工作状态也是有利无弊嘛~
文章的原标题是这样的，整篇文章比较短，也比较简单，老规矩，大家可以把自己对原文的理解跟帖回复，我会稍后贴出我的译文，对照着看看学学。
EducatingclientsaboutfailureanalysisTheclientwasunfamiliarwithfailureanalysis,andcouldn’tcomprehendhowascratchfromatoolcouldresultinfailure.Astheclientwasnotanengineer,Islowlywalkedhimthroughthephenomenaandsimplifiedasmuchaspossiblethetheorybehindfailure.Intheend,hewasconvincedbutstated,“Thepyramidshavebeenaroundformorethan4000years.Idon’tseethemcrumblingbecauseofweatherorvibrationorrandomdefects”.However,Iexplainedthathewasbuildingasmallmachinethatgeneratesalotofmotion,notastaticstructure.
InvestmentinfailureanalysissystemsFailureanalysisisoftenmissed,especiallywithsmallcompaniesthatgodirectlyfromCADtomanufacturing.Asfailureanalysisrequiresadvancedandoftenexpensiveskillsetsandsoftware,smallercompaniesoftenfeelthattheycan’tafforditandinsteadrelyontheirowntechnicians’expertiseandtheirsecureplaceintheirmarket.However,ascompetitivenessandqualitystandardsincrease,failureanaylsisisbecomingmoreandmoreimportantandthesesmallercompaniesareincreasinglyatadisadvantage.Manymodernrequirementsdemandacertainnumberofworkingcyclesforamachineorsystem,andwithoutfailureanalysisitisdifficulttomeettheserequirements.
MaintainingacompetitiveedgeLargerandmoreadvancedcompaniesthatdofailureanalysishaveanadvantage.Forexample,ifyourshopexclusivelyweldsrailwayrails,quantifyingthenumberofcyclesataveragespeedyourweldedrailscantakeisavaluableassetintoday’scompetitivemarket.Mostuniversitiesoffertrainingonquantifyingresidualstressfromheat,thestressresultingfromvibrationandtheimpactoffrequencyontherails’structureincaseofdefects.Themainchallengeistobeawareofnewrequirementsandmakesuretomaintainthecapabilitiestomeetthem.
Ofcourse,inadditiontothefailureanalysisyouwillneedtoaddinsafetyfactorsandapplication-specificcoefficientsbeforepresentingtoyourpotentialbuyer;everyindustryhasitsownsecuritycoefficientsandbestpracticestoensuresafetyandperformance.Forexample,aliftthatsaysitholdsuptofourpeoplewilllikelyholdseveralmorebeforefailing,butitsratingisreducedtoensureafactorofsafety.
WorkingwithuniversitiesandPh.D.candidatesIfyourunabusinessthatmanufacturesaproduct,considerthebenefitsoffailureanalysistoyourcompetitiveposition,liabilityandsafety.ManyuniversitiesconductresearchinanefforttohelptheindustrybecomemorereliableandgiveopportunitiestoPhDcandidates.Yourcompanymaybeabletobenefitbybringingyourownindustry-specificissuestouniversities,whileprovidingtheirstaffandstudentswithusefulprojectstoworkon.Thiscouldbeawin-winforyourbusiness,theuniversityandtheindustryatlarge.
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