| Key issues of interest to FD&E Members, 4/13/04, Fort Wayne, IN | ||
| Issues | # mention | frequency |
| loads | 8 | 21% |
| welds | 5 | 13% |
| high temperature | 4 | 11% |
| bolted joints | 3 | 8% |
| material properties | 3 | 8% |
| residual stress | 2 | 5% |
| corrosion | 2 | 5% |
| composites | 2 | 5% |
| peening | 2 | 5% |
| high stress gradients | 1 | 3% |
| commercial software | 1 | 3% |
| crack propagation | 1 | 3% |
| educating designers | 1 | 3% |
| stress and FEA mesh | 1 | 3% |
| test acceleration | 1 | 3% |
| uncertainty | 1 | 3% |
| Sum | 38 | 100% |