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Technical reviews: articles describing some of our expertise and best practice

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 Technical discussions of projects on contact modelling, bolted joint design and fatigue

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TR1 - Bolted Joints and Contact (html)

Different approaches to modelling bolting and contact are described.

Conrod bolting and contact modelling

TR2 - Fatigue Lifing from Notched Specimens (html)

Auditing of a unique approach to life aero-engine compressor blades, using notched specimen fatigue data.

 S-N curves for notched specimen of aero-engine compressor blade

TR3 - Frequency Response Analysis (html)

This gives a brief review of a forced vibration study conducted on a military vehicle equipment carrier.

 Frequency response at 4 nodes of vibrating structure

TR4 - Weld Durability Analysis (html)

Techniques used to determine weld fatigue life on rolling stock are discussed.

 Fatigue life of welded joints using FE model results

 

 

 

Technical Reviews

These reviews describe aspects of analysis best practice. Each one discusses a particular problem type and one or more solutions to them we have implemented. The subjects covered are:

  • Bolted joints and contact
  • Interpreting S-N data for fatigue life calculations
  • Fatigue lifing of welds
  • Forced vibration response

 


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