New research at Wayne State will lead to more accurate multi-component system reliability and failure predictions in the auto industry and beyond

DETROIT - A team of researchers from Wayne State University recently received a $350,000 award from the National Science Foundation for the project, "Failure Prediction and Reliability Analysis of Ultra-High Strength Steel Autobody Manufacturing Systems by Utilizing Material Microstructure Properties."

The research is the first attempt to incorporate material microstructure and micro-damage information into a reliability study that fundamentally improves the accuracy of failure and reliability prediction. The automotive industry has been facing challenges in failure prediction and reliability analysis of manufacturing tool systems, so this methodology is a potential answer as it can be applied to the auto body manufacturing system of ultra-high strength steels.

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