Tentative SAE FD&E Agenda
Meeting: Wednesday 09 April 2008
Meeting Logistics
Meeting Location:
Caterpillar Inc., 325
Route 31, Montgomery, IL 60538
It is located near the intersection of US 30 and IL route 31
Distance from Chicago midway airport - 40 miles
Distance from Chicago O'Hare airport - 40 miles
The auditorium is reserved all day April 9. It
will accommodate even a record FDE attendance and the meeting could be broadcast
over the web if desired. There is a cafeteria on site so lunch should be
relatively quick
Pre-registration is being offered to make
the sign in process faster
Name
Company
Phone Number
Note
that a government issued picture ID (drivers license or passport) will
also be required.
Hotel Info:
Hampton Inn & Suites
2423 Bushwood Drive, Aurora, IL, 60506, Phone 630-907-2600, rate of $119/night
(discounted from normal $149, mention Caterpillar)
Block of 30 rooms is being held until March 22 for the night of April 8. They
are just off I88 on
Orchard Road
(exit 115). This is 36 miles from O'Hare airport in
Chicago
and 40 miles from Midway. Both routes are mostly interstate. The hotel is
an easy 6 mile drive from the meeting site.
Registration (sign in at Gate) 7:30
There will be no
meeting fee
The surface
Enhancement Group will not be meeting at this site on this day.
Introduction and Welcome, 8:00
Christoph Leser, Dan Lingenfelser, Tom Cordes
Technical Presentations
A study of the stress ratio effects on fatigue
crack growth using the unified two-parameter fatigue crack growth driving
force
Enabling a designer to simulate the transient 3D
temperature field, the evolution of microstructure in low alloy steel
welds, transient 3D displacement, stress and strain in the structure as it
is being welded
*Case Studies of
“Real World” Problems Requiring “Quality” Fatigue Analysis
-
Professor Darrell Socie - Using “Fatigue
Calculator” 30 min
-
Mark Pompetzki or Tom Cordes – Using “nCode
Tools” 30 min
-
Dick Kading – Using “LMS Tools” 30 min
-
Matthias Meise – Using
“FemFat Tools” 30 min
-
Professor Greg Glinka – Using “His Software” 30
min
-
John Draper or his designee – “Using FE-Safe” 30
min
Lunch and Demo time 90 min, 12:00
Perspectives
The Future of Fatigue Life Prediction – Dan
Lingenfelser, optional presentation can be removed if time gets short, 30
min
Future Focused Effort(s) {Working Session}
Weld Fatigue
-
John Bonnen summary of past efforts, discussion on
future, 60 min
-
Dan Lingenfelser/Mohammed Elzien
Total Fatigue Life Predicting {Crack Initiation (Ni)
+ Crack Propagation (Np)}
