Fatigue Design and Evaluation Committee 

Updated 9/15/03

9/15/03

SAE Fatigue Design & Evaluation Committee Meeting

October 6-8, 2003 Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240

Host: Professor Ralph Stephens and the University of Iowa

                                Monday Oct 6, 2003

 12 Noon - 6:00 pm - Surface Enhancement Group Meeting - Kirkwood Room (Room 257)

6:30 pm-11:00 pm            Executive Committee Meeting - Kirkwood Room (Room 257)

                         Tuesday Morning, October 7, 2003

 All technical meetings will be held in the Terrace Room (Room 171)

 7:30             Registration - Coffee, Juice and Donuts

 8:00     Main Committee Meeting

        Announcements - John Hakala

         Welcome

        Local arrangements -  Professor Ralph Stephens

 8:15     Henry O Fuchs Travel Award and Presentations

        "Relaxation of Welding Residual Stresses and their Effect on Variable Amplitude Fatigue Life,"  Chris Sanger, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.                (30 min.)

  8:45     Mike Weaver, Weaver Engineering/Northwest Numerics,

        "Fatigue Estimation of Welds with FEA,"

 9:15     Pingsha Dong, Battelle, "Fatigue Life of Welded Structures"

 9:45-10:00 Refreshment Break

 10:00   Al Lewis, LMS, "Durability Prediction of a Production

        Sport Motorcycle Aluminum Frame."

 10:30   Al Conle - Status report on ATV Publication

 10:40   Adilla Afzal and Pravardhan Shenoy, Un. of Toledo,

        "Dynamic Load Analysis and Fatigue Behavior of Forged

         Steel vs. Powder Metal Connecting Rods"

 11:10            Vladimir Ogarovic -nCode International Inc., "Thermal Mechanical Fatigue"

11:40am - 1:00pm Lunch Break

                        Tuesday Afternoon, April 16, 2002

1:00              Husheng Gao - Un. Illinois, "Deformation and Fracture of

        Thick Thermal Barrier Coatings"

1:30     Jenifer Ratner, University of Iowa, "Damage Tolerant

         Methodologies for Aerospace Structures"

2:00     Nate Horn, Un. of Iowa,  "Bolt Test Program"

2:30             Profesor Ralph Stephens, Un. of Iowa, "Bolt Test Program" 

2:40            Professor Sharif Rahman, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Dept.,

        Un. of Iowa, "Durability and Reliability of Microelectronics"

3:10     Refreshment Break

3:30     Tsung-Yu Pan, "Spot Friction Welding for Aluminum Sheet Joining"

4:00     Mike Santella, Oak Ridge National Labs, "Friction Stir Processing of Cast

        Aluminum."

5:00 pm  National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS)  Facility Tour - Oakdale Campus

         ( 5 miles from the IMU )

 6:00 pm Social hour at LMS

                        Wednesday Morning, April 16, 2003 

                             Terrace Room (Room 171)

7:30     Coffee and Donuts

8:00     Ted E. Fine, Entela "HALT and FMVT" (Wed. am)

8:30     Josh Horn - John Deere,  "HALT Testing"

9:00            Mohamad El-Zein,  John Deere, "Fatigue after Impact  of Composite Materials"

9:30            Possibly John Bonnen, Ford Motor Co., Fatigue Response of

        Friction Butt Welded AA6061-T6511 Plates"

9:30 Refreshment Break

9:45- 12 noon: 

Planning Sessions to be scheduled following input from Executive Committee.

             Shot Peened Welds?  Reformulate the "Divisions?"

             Aluminum Welds?

             Laser Welds?

             Friction Stir Welds?

             Rivets?

             Adhesive Joints?

             Bolted Joints?

             Others?

12:00   Lunch 

12:00              Executive Committee Wrap-up Meeting at Lunch

1:00     End  of Meeting