What is a catastrophic failure?

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  Kaustubh Katdare

  I've merged your last post with the first post in the thread 😀
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  Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran

  I searched for it and learned a lot.So I want to share with fellow CEans.
  
  Definition:sudden failure,breakdown,collapse,complete failure .
  common causes:
  #human factors(improper handling)
  #design flaws,
  #material failures,
  #Extreme working conditions,
  #carelessness
  #not depth in subject knowledge
  
  Efforts required to avoid catastrophic failures:
  #thorough analysis(use modern day softwares to simulate the working conditions.)
  #learn from your experience and learn from past history.
  #find root cause of problem and find alternatives.
  #Evaluate the alternatives.
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  zaveri

  I will give an example:
  
  you are driving your car at a high speed, and when you want to stop or slow down, you hit the brake pedal, and whoa ! nothing happens !
  
  what happens after that you can imagine for yourself.
  
  the failure of the brakes in this case is an example of catastrophic failure.
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  Rajkiran Sangoju

  Kaustubh Katdare

  I've merged your last post with the first post in the thread 😀

  thanks😀