Jeffrey L. McDougall

Jeffrey L. McDougall, P.E.

Senior Consultant

Mr. McDougall is a Senior Consultant with Engineering Systems Inc. (ESi), with over twenty-five years of experience in failure analysis, metallurgy, and fractography.  As a licensed metallurgical engineer with industrial and consulting experience, Mr. McDougall has evaluated metallurgical issues involving components from industries including aerospace, automotive, boat/marine, rail, power generation, medical, mining, plumbing, construction, firearms, and HVAC.

Since the beginning of his career, Mr. McDougall has been evaluating fractures and components utilizing optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS).  He spends the majority of his time verifying failure modes such as ductile or brittle overstress, fatigue, corrosion, wear, and creep in conjunction with metallographic evaluation in order to verify microstructure and heat treatment on a wide variety of materials including carbon, stainless, and tool steel alloys, cast iron, aluminum alloys, copper alloys, titanium alloys, and superalloys.

Publications

  • Corrosion of Sulfur Removal Tanks Used in the Processing of Landfill Gas, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, February 2021
  • Failure Analysis of a Circular Saw Blade with a Fractured Carbide Tip, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Manuscript ID JFAP-19-06-2230.R1, October 2019
  • Failure Analysis of an Aluminum Chiller Pipe by Experimental Simulation and Stress Analysis, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 17, Issue 5, October 2017
  • Case Study: Analysis of Corrosion Patterns to Evaluate the Preaccident Configuration of an ATV Tie Rod End Connection, ASM Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, August 2016
  • Post-Fire Structural Integrity Evaluation of an Aircraft Utilizing ASTM E 004-02, ASM Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, February 2015
  • Failure Investigation of an Aircraft Crankshaft Gear Connection, ASM Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, December 2012
  • Failure Analysis of Hydraulic Fitting Brazed Connections, ASM Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, April 2012
  • Evaluation of a Turbocharger Turbine Wheel, Microscopy and Microanalysis, July 2011
  • Analysis of a Spiral/Spliced Pipe Weld Hydrostatic Test Rupture, Microscopy and Microanalysis, July 2010
  • Metallurgical and Metallographic Aspects of Engineering Failure Analysis, Microscopy and Microanalysis, August 2008
  • See CV for further publications

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