Durability & Fatigue Seminars from Safe Technology

Exploring the modern theories and practical application of Fatigue and Durability


Noted fatigue & durability authority, Professor John Draper of Safe Technology Ltd (UK ), will be visiting Downers Grove, Illinois, September 12th - 16th 2005, to present a series of fatigue and durability seminars hosted and sponsored by Belcan Corporation.


A regular speaker at conferences worldwide, Professor Draper has over 25 years' experience in fatigue design and life assessment in the aerospace and ground-vehicle industries.

These courses will provide an introduction to modern theories of metal fatigue and their practical application through worked examples and interaction/discussion. There is a strong emphasis on what is possible and the pitfalls to avoid. A professional volume of course notes forms a self-contained reference book.

Durability by Design

Date: September 12th (Downers Grove, IL)

Fee: No charge

This seminar is designed to illustrate problems that can now be solved using durability analysis software for FEA models. A technology update in key areas of fatigue analysis such as multiaxial fatigue, effects of temperature, notch sensitivity and residual stresses will be provided.

The seminar will cover:

- Why traditional methods of metal fatigue analysis get it wrong

- An introduction to modern methods of metal fatigue analysis and why they get it right

- Theory overview of uniaxial & multiaxial fatigue

- Case studies & tools demonstrations

- An introduction to using fe-safe with FE software

- Highlights of advanced and unique capabilities in fe-safe such as a fully integrated signal processing capability, high temperature and creep fatigue, fe-rotate, analysis of complex loading histories

Fundamentals of Modern Metal Fatigue Analysis

Date: September 13th - 14th (Downers Grove, IL)

Fee: $695 (attend all 4 Modern Metal Fatigue Analysis days for $1295) 10% discount offered to companies booking 5 or more places.

Who should attend: Design and Test Engineers responsible for product durability in the ground vehicle, aerospace and manufacturing industries . No previous knowledge of fatigue is necessary.

The seminar will cover: Introduction to fatigue ; Local stress-strain fatigue ; Materials data ; Signal analysis for fatigue ; Using stress-life data ; Examples of fatigue failures & fatigue tests ; Geometric effects ; Fatigue analysis in practice

Advanced Modern Metal Fatigue Analysis

Date: September 15th - 16th (Downers Grove, IL)

Fee: $695 (attend all 4 Modern Metal Fatigue Analysis days for $1295) 10% discount offered to companies booking 5 or more places.

Who Should Attend: Design Engineers responsible for product durability in the ground vehicle, aerospace and manufacturing industries should attend. A basic knowledge of fatigue or attendance in the "Fundamentals of Modern Metal Fatigue Analysis" listed above is recommended.

The seminar will cover: Introduction to biaxial fatigue ; Biaxial fatigue using equivalent stress/strain ; Critical plane analysis ; Fatigue lives from finite element models ; Statistics & reliability ; Crack growth analysis ; Fatigue of welded joints ; Fatigue lives from the PSD ; Fatigue test & design ; Additional advanced topics

For further information or a booking form please email Wendy Kenny Email Contact

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