Fatigue Design and Evaluation Committee 

April 4 & 5, 2000 in Cedar Falls, IA

(Local Sponsor Ray Thompson, John Deere Product Engineering Center)

not made reservations you should do so as soon as possible.

Holiday Inn University Plaza Ray Thompson

5826 University Ave John Deere

Cedar Falls, Iowa 319-292-8663

319-277-2230 E-mail: rx33541(at)deere.com

The Holiday Inn has a 24 hour a day shuttle to and from the Waterloo

Airport. There is a mall and several restaurants within walking

distance from the motel, so you may not need a car. 

Monday Night April 3, 2000

7:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting (Sturgis Falls )

TUESDAY MORNING, (APRIL 4, 2000)

7:30 AM Registration and Coffee, Juice & Donuts

8:00 AM Main Committee Meeting - Room: Sturgis Falls / Northern Iowa

Announcements

Local Arrangements - Ray Thompson

Report on Meeting with JSAE Fatigue and Reliability Committee-

Russ Chernenkoff & Phil Dindinger

Education

8:45 Henry O. Fuchs Student Travel Award & Presentation

Nondestructive Residual Life Estimation for Damaged Fiber Reinforces

Polyurethane and SRIM Epoxy - Gavin Horn - University of Illinois

9:15 Break: Coffee & Juice

10:00 Divisional Progress Meetings – Room: Sturgis Falls / Northern Iowa

Surface Enhancement Division Meeting will run concurrent to the other

meetings in the College Square Room.

10:00 Component Testing Division - Raj Thakkar -Approval of October

1999 meeting minutes.

-ATV Activities

- Update on ATV-FEA Analysis - Dan Klann

- Update on ATV Dynamic Simulation - Rick Mousseau

- Update on ATV Data Acquisition - Mark Earley or Gary Mauritzson

-Technical Presentation

"Load History Editing for Analytical and Experimental Durability

Assessments" by Mark Przeslawski and Kurt Munson

12:00 Lunch

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, (APRIL 4, 2000)

1:00 Divisional Progress Meetings (Continued) – Sturgis Falls / Northern Iowa

Surface Enhancement Division Meeting will run concurrent to the other

meetings in College Square.

1:00 Fatigue Life Prediction Division - Chin-Chan Chu

- Approval of October 1999 meeting minutes.

- Technical Presentations:

- "Differences of Variability and Uncertainty,"

by C. Sieck, Cat (20 min. + 10 min. Q/A)

- Updates on Effect of High Mean Stress Study,"

by C.-C. Chu, and R. Chernenkoff, Ford Motor (20 min.)

2:00 Road Load Data Acquisition Division - Christoph Leser

- Approval of October 1999 meeting minutes.

-ATV Related Activities

- Christoph Leser, MTS Systems, Moderator, "Discussion on RLDA

                Division as supplier of Data for the ATV project"

- Technical Presentation

- Christoph Leser, "Modeling of non-stationary variance in

            vehicle loading histories for fatigue analysis"

3:00 Break: Coffee & Soft Drinks

3:15 Materials Properties Division - Ed Lu

- Approval of October 1999 meeting minutes.

- Division Highlights

- Status of Current Activities

- ATV Project Support - P. Dindinger/R. Chernenkoff (Tentative)

- Technical Presentations

- Nuances of Notch Approximate Methods - P. Kurath (15 Min)

- Fatigue Crack Growth through Residual Stress Fields (Shot

peening) - G. Glinka (15 min)

4:00 Structural Analysis Division - Zhengxian Bai

- Review and approve minutes from last meeting

-ATV Activities

Technical Presentations

- Mig-welded Structural System Fatigue Simulation - Pingsha Dong, Battelle

-Stress Selection for Fatigue Analysis of Automotive

Structures - Zhengxian Bai, GM

6:00 PM Social Hour & Buffet Sponsored by John Deere and nCode

WEDNESDAY MORNING, (APRIL 5, 2000)

7:30 Coffee, Juice and Donuts

8:00 Technology Session – Room Sturgis Falls / Northern Iowa

8:00 Alice Popescu-Gatlan & Merlin Green, "Alternative Load

Measurement Methods"

8:30 Pete Kosmicki, "Three Axis FEA - Fatigue Technique"

8:45 Ray Thompson "Understanding Product Use in a World Wide Market"

9:10 Break

9:30 Depart Cedar Falls Holiday Inn on Buses for Tour of Tractor Plant

12:15 Arrive back at Holiday Inn

12:15 Lunch

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (APRIL 5, 2000)

1:30 Divisional Planning Sessions (Concurrent Sessions)

Room: Sturgis Falls Room: Northern Iowa

1:30 Component Testing Division Structural Analysis Division

2:15 Fatigue Life Prediction Division Road Load Data Acquisition Div.

3:00 Material Properties Division

Review Current Activities

Shot Peening

ATV Support

New Business

End of Meeting

TUESDAY APRIL 4, 2000

Surface Enhancement Division Meeting Agenda - Room: College Square

Topics for Discussion

Status of J2441 Shot Peening - Dave Hale - Ervin Industries

Status of J2277 Shot Peening Coverage - Dave Francis - Metal Improvement Co.

Status of J784 Residual Stress Measurement by X-Ray Diffraction

- Aquil Ahmad-Eaton Corp.

Status of HS-124 Blast Cleaning - Dwight Lutsko - Jet Wheelblast

Status of J1173 Glass Beads used for Peening - Dave Francis

Status of HS-84 Handbook Supplement - Shot Peening - Jack Champaigne - Electronics Inc

Status of Computer Generated Almen Saturation Curves - Dale Lombardo - GE Aircraft Engine