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Engineering Excellence: Simulation for Fatigue Strength and Durability

O​nline-Seminar:

Engineering Excellence: Simulation for Fatigue Strength and Durability

1​3 + 14 November 2024

Each day 1:00 - 5:00 pm (UTC+1, Berlin) - Webex


A​genda published - please scroll down!

 

Invitation

The assessment of the fatigue strength in mechanical components subject to variable loads is crucial for the safe use of machines and systems. Safety, reliability and cost-effectiveness are a key importance for ensuring that the products are appropriately dimensioned and their durability is determined.

In addition to stress analysis by using the finite element method (FEM), the multibody simulation (MBS) makes a significant contribution for estimating the durability when developing and designing components and structures under repetitive loads. The MBS simulation focuses on determining the time-variant loads in a system. These loads are often inadequately defined or not known at all, in this case they can be can be found out with MBS simulations.

Today, the use of simulation methods for designing according to fatigue strength is essential for many application areas. Materials, whether brittle, ductile or with time-dependent behavior, react differently to cyclic loads. In order to evaluate the strength behavior of a material under time-dependent loading, it is important to know which stresses lead to damage, how this damage looks like and how it superimposed. This requires both theoretical approaches damage and fracture mechanics as well experimental tests and statistical analyses. The developed methods are widely used in standards, regulations, guidelines, recommendations and numerous software products. The FKM guideline (7th edition / 2020 - German / English), for example, deals with both static and fatigue strength assessment. However, the available damage accumulation, damage models and the material properties are often developed inconsistently and are not sufficiently available.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has also played an increasingly important role in the field of durability and fatigue strength in the recent years, through predicting material behavior, optimizing designs, damage detection, lifetime prediction and material development as well for more realistic load assumptions. This enables improved efficiency and reliable products.

The objectives for the seminar are:

  • To demonstrate the current possibilities and the development state of theory and tools for practical applications by looking at different application areas.
  • To provide participants with knowledge and experience in the application of simulation and test-based fatigue strength and durability calculations.
  • To present interesting case studies that illustrate the limits and possibilities of these methods and also enable comparisons with real tests.
  • To show trends in research as well in the development of standards, guidelines and tools.
  • And give the possibility to formulate requirements from the user's perspective.

W​e look forward to meeting you online - register today!

Dr. Alfred J. Svobodnik - MVOID Technologies
Dipl.-Ing. Werner Moretti - moretti engineering (me)


S​eminar Agenda

(​preliminary)

Wednesday, November 13 (Berlin, UTC+1)
 Session 1
13:00Welcome and Introduction
Albert Oswald (NAFEMS); Werner Moretti (me engineering and Alfred Svobodnik (Mvoid Group), both members of the NAFEMS DACH Steering Committee
13:15Keynote presentation:
Hybrid System Simulation: New Trends and Methods in Vehicle Engineering
Michael Burger (Fraunhofer ITWM)
13:50

Sponsor presentation:
FATIQ: A Complete Solution for Fatigue Life Prediction
George Korbetis (BETA CAE Systems)

14:05Fatigue Strength Assessment of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Components with standard Material Data
Marcus Stojek (PART Engineering)
14:30Durability Analysis of AM Parts and Component Repairs
Ramesh Chandwani (Zentech International)
14:55Break
 Session 2
15:10Keynote presentation:
Structural Integrity from the Past to the Future
Michel Guillaume (ZHAW School of Engineering IMPE)
15:45Crack Propagation Modelling for Fatigue Analysis
Filip Van den Abeele (Subseawolf)
16:10Integration of System Simulations for Simple and Meaningful Fatigue Strength Testing of Substructures
Volker Landersheim (Fraunhofer LBF)
16:35Creating Surrogate (Simplified) Loads from Multiple Vibration Environments
Neil Bishop (Hexagon)
17:00End of day 1
  
 Thursday, November 14 (Berlin, UTC+1)
 Session 3
13:00Welcome day 2
Albert Oswald (NAFEMS); Werner Moretti (me engineering and Alfred Svobodnik (Mvoid Group), both members of the NAFEMS DACH Steering Committee
13:05Keynote presentation:
Fatigue Strength in Hydrogen Applications – Current Applications and Trends
Dirk Rensink (Segula Engineering)
13:40Fatigue Design Simulation of Mechanical Equipment Including Seven Case Studies
Rob Widders (Consultant) 

1​5:05

Sponsor presentation:
Engineering by Magna Engineering Center Steyr
Axel Werkhausen (Magna Powertrain Engineering Center Steyr)

15:10

Fatigue Simulation Software from Engineers for Engineers
Axel Werkhausen (Magna Powertrain Engineering Center Steyr)
15:35Break
 Session 4
15:45Fatigue Life Investigation as a Part of a Complete Design Optimization Process on Welded Structures
George Korbetis (BETA CAE Systems)
16:10FEA Weld Assessment
Peter Reimers (IWIS)
16:35Farewell & end of seminar
Albert Oswald (NAFEMS); Werner Moretti (me engineering and Alfred Svobodnik (Mvoid Group), both members of the NAFEMS DACH Steering Committee

1​7:00

E​nd of seminar

Agenda subject to change.

Details

Event Type Seminar
Member Price £125.88 | $163.46 | €150.00
Non-member Price £251.76 | $326.91 | €300.00
Credit Price Free when using 2 Member Credits

Dates

Start Date End Date Location
13 Nov 202414 Nov 2024Online, Online

S​ponsors

 


O​rganisation

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Sponsoring Opportunities

Delegate fees
  • Not NAFEMS members: 300 Euro / person
  • NAFEMS member free of charge by using 2 seminar credits*
  • NAFEMS member without available seminar credits: 150 Euro / person
Seminar language

English

T​ime zone

B​erlin (UTC+1)

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