• meetings & workshops
• fenet project review meeting
• 8th technology workshop
• 4th annual industry meeting - materials modelling
• 7th technology workshop
• 6th technology workshop
• 3rd annual industry meeting - ensuring fitness for purpose of fea
• 5th technology workshop
  • modeling fatigue of metals
  • computational modelling of multi physics processes in aerospace, defence, marine and offshore industries
  • benchmark and guidelines for optimisation in finite element analyses
  • best-practice in the modelling of details common in fabricated plate/shell construction
  
  
• 4th technology workshop
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Durability & Life Extension

Modeling Fatigue of Metals

Introduction / Objectives
N. Petrone (Univ. of Padova, I)

Recent Developments in 3D Fatigue Crack Growth Prediction Using the Finite Element Method
R. Chandwani (Zentech International Ltd., UK)

Influence of Transient and Rate Dependent Effects on the Estimated Life Time of Liquid Rocket Cumbustion Chamber Walls
J. Riccius (DLR e.V., D)

Fatigue of Welded Structures
P. Melleney (nCode International Ltd., UK)

A Review of FE Contact Benchmarks
A. A. Becker (Univ. of Nottingham, UK)

N.N. Stamping Technology
E. Atzema (Corus Research, Development & Technology, UK)

Summary of Discussions