Free North American seminars on the role of vibration in fatigue and durability

Marlborough, Mass. – Any object with mass vibrates – and this vibration can be intensified by a number of sources: engine operation, wind and aerodynamic loading, wave loading, shock during transportation, and rotation of machinery. This vibration creates stress cycles that can lead to product failure over time. To avoid these failures, it’s critical for an engineer to recognize that vibration and fatigue are two linked phenomena that need to be understood and managed together.

 

This seminar’s emphasis is on practical engineering considerations for designing against vibration and fatigue – not the mathematical equations! Learn how understanding vibration and durability can help you to avoid unnecessary over-design and prevent operational failures.

 

This seminar will cover:

 

• Basic principles of fatigue and durability

• Introduction to vibration

• How durability is influenced by vibration

• Creating equivalent shaker profiles for laboratory durability tests

• Running virtual shaker tests using finite element analysis (FEA)

• Application of vibration and fatigue analysis to both measured data and simulation results from FEA

• Using nCode software for vibration, fatigue, and durability analysis

 

The Role of Vibration in Fatigue seminar locations include:

 

Oct. 6, 2014, Chicago, Ill.

 

Nov. 12, 2014, Phoenix, Ariz.

 

Nov. 13, 2014, Toulouse, France

 

Nov. 13, 2014, Detroit, Mich.

 

Nov. 20, 2014, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

 

Dec. 5, 2014, San Antonio, Texas

 

Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm local

 

Who should attend?

• Engineering Managers

• Test Engineers

• CAE Analysts

• Product Design Engineers

 

A prior knowledge of material behavior and general structural mechanics, typical of most practicing engineers, is helpful but not required.

 

This seminar is free to attend, however registration is required.

 

Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

 

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