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Since being created to help car manufacturers in the 1950s, fatigue management software has developed from being an in-house pet project to a viable commercial product. These days, many large ...

SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, Vol. 7, No. 3 (June 2014), pp. 545-552 (8 pages) ABSTRACT Advanced high strength steels (AHSS) offer a good balance of strength, durability, ...

Fatigue life is a key concern in welded-steel frames for mobile equipment that experience large and varying dynamic loads. For engineers who design welded-steel structures subject to dynamic loading, ...

An overview of fatigue failure and how it affects mechanical systems. How FEA software enables engineers to predict fatigue failure points on structural designs, before the manufacturing process. From ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has cited evidence of "metal fatigue" as a contributing factor in the engine failure of a Southwest flight that made an emergency landing and resulted ...

(Nanowerk News) It is estimated that over 80% of engineering failures are due to material fatigue, so the fight against metal fatigue failures continues, as this is a key parameter for lightweight ...