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Minutes and Presentations of the Fall 2006 Meeting, October 9-11, 2006 hosted by Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

Agenda here

Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

Minutes to be confirmed

Presentations (for which we obtained permission to publish):

Tech Session
Fastening and Joining Research:Challenges and Opportunities, Sayed Nassar
Optical Inspection and Control of Bolt Tightening, Aidong Meng
Clamp Load Loss in Gasketed Bolted Joints
, Ali A. Alkelani
Vibration-Induced Loosening in Threaded Fasteners, Basil Housari
Fatigue Performance of Threaded Fasteners, Brian Munn
Mechanics of Fasteners and Bolted Joints, Saravanan Ganeshmurthy
Fastening and Joining of Composite Materials, Vinayshankar Virupaksha
Novel Torque-Tension Relationship and the Clamp Loss of Bolted Joints under Axial Cyclic Loading, Xianjie Yang

Weld Session
Agenda for Weld Challenge, John Bonnen
Simple Fatigue Analysis Approach, Ali Saeedy
FEMFAT Analysis, Michael Meise
Ford Analysis, Ramamohan Potukutchi

Bolt Session
Summary of Bolt Project Activities, Darryl Taylor