Engineering and TechnicalMetallurgy and Materials Engineering
Components fail because a material was asked to do something its structure could not support, and the evidence of what happened is usually still present in the broken part. This course builds the understanding to read it. Delegates work through crystal structure, phases and the iron carbon diagram that underlies steel behaviour, heat treatment and the properties each treatment produces, and mechanical property testing including tensile, hardness and impact with what each actually tells you. Alloy families and their selection follow. Failure mechanisms are covered in depth: ductile and brittle fracture, fatigue, creep and hydrogen effects, each with its fracture surface appearance. The course closes on failure investigation and on specifying material for a duty.
Course objectives
- Relate crystal structure and phases to mechanical behaviour
- Apply heat treatment to achieve a required property set
- Interpret tensile, hardness and impact test results
- Select alloys from the main families for a service condition
- Distinguish ductile, brittle, fatigue and creep failure
- Recognise hydrogen and environmental effects on materials
- Investigate a failure and specify material for a duty
Who should attend
- Mechanical and materials engineers
- Maintenance and reliability engineers
- Inspection and integrity staff
- Welding engineers and quality personnel
- Design engineers specifying components
Course outline
- 01Evidence still present in the broken part
- 02Crystal structure and phases
- 03The iron carbon diagram
- 04Heat treatment and resulting properties
- 05Mechanical property testing
- 06Alloy families and selection
- 07Fracture, fatigue and creep
- 08Hydrogen effects, failure investigation and specification
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 to 23 October 2026 | Online | Online | R8,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 2 to 6 November 2026 | Cape Town, South Africa | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 21 to 25 December 2026 | Gaborone, Botswana | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | Register Now |