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Minutes and Presentations of the Spring 2003 Meeting, April 15-16, 2003 hosted by Caterpillar in Peoria, Illinois

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Full Minutes (official minutes as confirmed by the committee) yet to be posted

Agenda here

Presentations:

• Correlation and Prediction of Fatigue Crack Growth Data for Different R-ratios, Sudip Dinda
• Finite Element Modeling of Small Fatigue Crack Growth Using Crystal Plasticity, Gabriel Potirniche
• Streamlining the Road Load Acquisition Process, Mark Pompetzki
• Engineering Data Management, Mike Englerth
• Development of Modeling and Simulation Processes for Durability Analysis, Validation & Design Optimization, K.K. Choi
• Fatigue Life Prediction of 1045 Steel Specimens Stressed at High R Ratios, Christian Gaier
• Weld Assessment Methodology of FEMFAT, Dietmar Peiskammer
• ATV Dynamic Modeling for Durability, Ric Mousseau
• Residual Stress Evaluation in Cyclically Load Welded Structures, Eric Johnson
• Update of LMS Effort on the ATV Project, Dick Kading
• The Influence of Porosity on 8630 Cast Steel, Kyle Sigl
• Effects of Manufacturing Process on the High R-Ratio Fatigue Life of Axially Loaded High Strength Threaded Fasteners, Nate Horn

Weld Session

• Welds and their Headaches, Mohamad El-zein
• Failure Modes, Vijay Dara
• Life Predictions Using Mesh-Insensitive Structural Stress Method, P. Dong
• SAE Weld Challenge- Fatigue Life Prediction, Chris Sanger
• Weld Fatigue - Deere Tube Example. Michele Wegscheid
• SEAM Weld Fatigue Analysis FEMFAT, Ajay Vittalam 

other presentations to be posted when author's permissions have been obtained