Fatigue Design and Evaluation Committee 

April 19,20 & 21, 1999 in Detroit (Auburn Hills), MI

(Sponsored by DaimlerChrysler)

GENERAL INFORMATION:

All parking for the meetings will be at the Wingate Inn.

Local attendees not staying at the Wingate Inn must park

at the south end of the hotel parking lot.

Shuttle bus service will be provided between the Wingate

Inn and the DaimlerChrysler Technical Center to get to

the meetings.

Individual parking will not be possible at the Technical Center.

Hotel Information:

Wingate Inn

2200 Featherstone Road

Auburn Hills, MI 48326

248 334-3324

DaimlerChrysler Contact:

Tony Barr

248 576-6401 phone

248 576-2177 fax

313 609-5460 pager

acb7(at)daimlerchrysler.com

DIRECTIONS TO DAIMLERCHRYSLER FOR THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT:

From Metro Airport, enter I-94 West towards Chicago.

Exit I-94 at I-275 North.

Take I-275 North to Eastbound I-696 (Reuther Freeway) towards Port Huron.

Exit I-696 East at I-75 North.

Take I-75 North to the M-59 West Exit.

Exit M-59 at the Silverdome Exit at Opdyke Road.

Turn right on Featherstone Road from Opdyke Road and

enter the Wingate Inn to the right.

Map of the DaimlerChrysler Technical center to be provided

on the shuttle bus.

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MONDAY AFTERNOON, (APRIL 19, 1999)

1:00 PM Digital Prototype for Structural Durability Task

Group Meeting (DaimlerChrysler Amphitheatre)

- Approval of minutes of meeting held on 10-19-98 at Minneapolis,MN

- Review of progress since 10-19-98 5 Minutes

- ATV Website (Christoph Leser) 10 Minutes

- Review FEA, Bushing work, Shock, etc. (Dan Klann) 25 Min.

- Update-Rig Testing (Kurt Munson) 25 Minutes

- Fatigue 2000 Conference (Ralph Stephens) 10 Minutes

- BREAK 30 Minutes ++++++++++++

- Update-Tire testing (Will Mars) 25 Minutes

- Update- Bushings & Shock Characteristics

(Jay Meldrum/ Scott Gruenberg) 15 Minutes

- Future Planning (All Participants) 45 Minutes

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MONDAY NIGHT, (APRIL 19, 1999)

7:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting

(Wingate Hotel - Room available from Desk)

- Corrections/Additions to Executive Committee Minutes: Fall 1998.

- SAE Business

- Local Arrangements - Tony Barr

- New Division Vice-Chair Candidates - Division Chairpersons

- Henry Fuchs Student Awards - Tom Cordes

- Division Updates

- Surface Enhancement - Jack Champaigne

- Structural Analysis - John Hakala

- Component Testing - Raj Thakker

- Fatigue Lifetime Prediction - Chin-Chan Chu

- Road Load Data Acquisition and Simulation - Christoph Leser

- Digital Prototype Durability Evaluation - Raj Thakker

- Special Task Updates

- Education - Ralph Stephens

- SAE Congress-Detroit - Russ Chernenkoff

- Multiaxial Fatigue 2 - Tom Cordes

- SAE FD&E Web Site - Chistoph Leser/Al Conle/Tim Langlais

- Liaisons

- ASTM Ralph Stephens

- Others?

- Future Meetings

Purdue dates are: October 18,19,20 1999. Meeting details.

Waterloo, IA: Spring of 2000

Future locations/sponsors

7. New Business

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TUESDAY MORNING, (APRIL 20, 1999)

7:30 Registration and Coffee, Juice & Donuts

8:00 Main Committee Meeting - Amphitheatre

8:30 Henry O. Fuchs Student Travel Awards & Presentations

- Effects of Transient Loads on Fatigue Crack Growth in Mill

Annealed Ti-62222 at -54oC, 25oC, and 175oC

- Dwight Schoenefeld (U of Iowa)

- Stress Relief Groove Geometries for Circumferential Grooves in

Bending

- Annie Cyrilla Savarimuthu, Tim Burden (U of Tulsa)

9:30 Break: Coffee & juice

10:00 Divisional Progress Meetings - Amphitheatre

Note: Surface Enhancement Division Meeting will run concurrent

to the other meetings in Conference Room 1S

10:00 Materials Properties Division - Amphitheatre

- Approval of Fall 1998 Meeting Minutes & Division Highlight

- Status of Current Activities

- Composites Task Group Progress Report - Alan Kallmeyer (10min )

- Effect of Shot Peening Parameters on The Fatigue Life

- R. Chernenkoff (15 min)

- Presentations

Proposal for an SAE Standard Stress-Strain Hysteresis Loop

Data File - A. Conle/R. Chernenkoff (15 min)

The Influence of Plastic Deformation on the Elastic Modulus

of Steel - Steve Tipton (20 min)

11:00 Structural Analysis Division - Amphitheatre

- Approval of October 1998 Structural Analysis Division minutes

- Status of Electronic Information Exchange on ATV Components

- Dan Klann -John Deere (10 min.)

- Design Parameters for Stress Relief Grooves in Notched Shafts

-Steve Tipton - Univ of Tulsa (15 min.)

- Statistical Analysis of Loading History of Ice Breaker Propeller

Blade - G. Glinka - Un . of Waterloo (15 min.)

- Proposed Project to Develop A Method for Predicting Fatigue Life

of Crankshafts - Tony Barr - Chrysler Corp. (15 min.)

12:00 Lunch at the DaimlerChrysler Cafeteria

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, (APRIL 20, 1999)

1:00 Divisional Progress Meetings - Amphitheatre (Continued)

Note: Surface Enhancement Division Meeting will run concurrent

to the other meetings in Conference Room 1S.

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1:00 Component Testing Division - Amphitheatre

- Approval of minutes of meeting held on 10/20 and 10/21, 1998 at

Minneapolis, MN

- ATV Update

- Venkata Nambori, Gamal Alghanem, and Ram Bhandarker "Full

Vehicle Fatigue with Real Time Road Loads- Analysis and Correlation

- Mark Pompetzki " FEM Based Durability Analysis of an

Automotive Knuckle"

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2:00 Fatigue Life Prediction Division - Amphitheatre

- "Multiaxial Fatigue Response of Normalized 1045 Steel Subjected to

Periodic Overloads" by J.J.F. Bonnen, Ford Motor (35mins)

- "Fatigue Analysis Modules and more on FD&E Web Site," by

F.A.Conle, Ford Motor (25 mins)

3:00 Break: Coffee & Soft Drinks

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3:30 Road Load Data Acq. Division - Amphitheatre

- Obtaining Phase Information from Rainflow Histograms

- Darrell Socie

- Multi-axial rainflow - Mark Pompetzki cycle counting for

Multi-axial rainflow analysis of Multi-axial rainflow data

reconstruction

- TBD - Andrew Wheelan

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6:30 Social Hour at Big Buck's Brewery on Opdyke Road

(approximately one mile from the Wingate Inn)

sponsored by nCode, Appetizer Buffet & Cash Bar

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10:00am Surface Enhancement Division Agenda (Until approx 4:00pm)

1) J442, Test Strip, Holder and Gage for Shot Peening, A. Ahmad

sponsor;

1. Revise strip width presently .745/.750 to .742/.750

2. Revise indicator tip force presently 25g to 60g

3. Discuss allowance to bend tempo red strips to achieve

required flatness

4. Review performance variation between suppliers

2. J2441, Shot Peening, D. Hale sponsor;

1. Review current draft (available as pdf). Note: this is

brand new spec, not issued by SAE yet.

3. J2277, Shot Peening Coverage, D. Francis sponsor;

1. Review current draft.(available as pdf). Note: this is

brand new spec, not issued by SAE yet.

4. J784, X-Ray, A Ahmad sponsor;

1. Review current draft

5. HS-84, Shot Peening, J. Champaigne sponsor;

1. 5-year review reaffirm/revise/cancel

6. HS-124, Blast Cleaning, D. Lutsko sponsor;

1. Review current draft

7. AMS2430, Shot Peening (Aerospace), J. Champaigne sponsor;

1. (For convenience this meeting held in conjunction with

FD&E meeting on Wednesday morning. All FD&E invited to

participate)

8. Presentation of simulated shot peening coverage

1. D. Lombardo, General Electric Aircraft Engine Group

2. D. Francis, Metal Improvement Co.

9. Presentation of Computer Generated Almen Saturation Curves, D.

Lombardo, GE

10. Next Meeting: Purdue University, W Lafayette, IN

1. Will include presentations of donations of equipment/cash

to Purdue University for use in the Mechanical Engineering

Technology

11. Misc: Guests introduction

1. Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)

1. Dr. Mike MaGill, Associate Professor Mechanical

Engineering Technology Acting Department Head

2. Dr. Mileta Tomovic, Associate Professor,

Mechanical Engineering Technology

3. Christine Corum, Assistant Professor, Mechanical

Engineering Technology

2. U. S. Navy

1. Dr. John Cammett, Metallurgist, Cherry Point NAVAIR

3. Cleveland State University

1. Dr. Jack Soules, Physics (non-destructive shot

peening evaluation)

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WEDNESDAY MORNING, (APRIL 21, 1999)

7:30 Coffee and Donuts

8:00 Technology Session - Amphitheatre

Note: A Surface Enhancement Division Meeting room will be available in

Conference Room 1S concurrent

to the other meeting.

- A Multiaxial Fatigue Model

- Prof. Jwo Pan of the Univ. of Michigan

- Fatigue of Composite Materials

- Prof. Golam Newaz of Wayne State Univ.

- Optical Strain Rosettes and Residual Stress Measurement

- Prof. Kui Li of Oakland Univ.

9:30 Break

- Prediction of Road Loads for Fatigue Design

- Dr. Sudhakar Medepalli of DaimlerChrysler

- Review and Evaluation of Tire Models for Vehicle

Durability Analysis - Dr. Shane Sui of DaimlerChrysler

- Statistical Evaluation of Fatigue Limits

- Dr. Shen-Kuei Lin of DaimlerChrysler

- Fatigue Analysis of Spectral Signals

- Dr. Vladimer Ogarevic of nCode International

12:00 Lunch - DaimlerChrysler Cafeteria

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (APRIL 21, 1999)

Note: A Surface Enhancement Div. Meeting room will be available in

Conference Room 1S concurrent to the other meetings.

1:30 Divisional Planning Sessions (Concurrent Sessions)

Amphitheatre - Component Testing Division

Conference Room TBD - Structural Analysis Division

2:15 Divisional Planning Sessions (Concurrent Sessions)

Amphitheatre - Fatigue Life Prediction Division

Conference Room 1T - Road Load Data Acquisition Division

3:00 Material Properties Division - Amphitheatre

- Current Activities

Composite Materials Group

Powder Metal Group

Effects of Peening Coverage on Fatigue of Aluminum

- New Business

ATV Support

Estimate of Fatigue Properties (Ali Fatemi, Univ. of Toledo)

Others?