Using Simulation to Improve Durability

Awareness Seminar on 21st May 2018 in Brno, Czech Republic

According to Battelle between 80-90% of all structural failures occur through a fatigue mechanism with a total cost of 4.4% GDP to the world’s economy
[From Comet to Dreamliner -a History of Aircraft Fatigue, posted on behalf of Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust]

Durability is defined as: “the ability to withstand wear, pressure, or damage.”

In many cases, fatigue failures occur suddenly with little prior warning and so it is important to design durable structures to resist fatigue failure.

All issues related to durability attract a lot of interest within the engineering simulation community. This seminar was an informative and educational day covering the process and best practices for predicting and optimizing product durability and fatigue life.

This awareness seminar brought together practitioners and academics in all relevant disciplines who shared their knowledge and experiences, discussed problems and challenges, to facilitate further improvements in durability for engineering applications.

Presentations

Chairman's Introduction & Welcome
David Felhos, Chairman NAFEMS Eastern
Europe Steering Committee & Paul Steward
NAFEMS Business Development Manager

papuga.pdf
KEYNOTE: Methods of Multiaxial Fatigue Strength Evaluation - Bridging the Gap between Academia and Engineering Domains
Jan Papuga, Czech Technical University in Prague

Effect of Small Surface Defects on Fatigue behaviour of Nodular Cast Iron
Márton Gróza, Knorr-Bremse

slovacek.pdf
Fatigue of Welded Steel Joints
Marek Slováček, MECAS ESI s.r.o.

stekly.pdf
Fatigue Analysis of Plastic Assembly in Frequency Domain
Jan Steklý, IDIADA CZ a.s.

spaniel.pdf
KEYNOTE: An Efficient Approach to Low-Cycle Thermo-mechanical Fatigue Calculation
Miroslav Španiel Czech Technical University in Prague

Numerical and Experimental Estimation of Dental Implant Durability
Marcin Wierszycki & Krzysztof Szajek, Budsoft

cawte.pdf
The Importance of Joint Stiffness and Boundary Conditions in an FE Model for Fatigue Analysis of a Suspension Component Subject to Constant Amplitude or Variable Amplitude Loading
Robert Cawte, HBM Prenscia

vymlatil.pdf
Integration of FatigueAnalysis Tool into FE-Software
Petr Vymlátil, Designtec s.r.o.

poduska.pdf
Application of FEM to Problems of Durability of Plastic Pipes
Jan Poduška , Institute of Physics of Material

ziatowski.pdf
Diagnostic, Simulation and Improvement of Durability of Repeatable Cracking Industrial Cooler
Tobiasz Ziatkowski, Komes Ltd.

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