Allowing for Residual Stresses in Design

Engineering Integrity Society


Wednesday, 3 May 2006

MIRA, Nuneaton
09:00-09:30 Coffee and Registration
09:30-09:50 Sources of residual stress
Frank Sherratt, Engineering Consultant
09:50-10:10

Stress intensity factor weight functions for dealing with residual stresses in LEFM
Feargal Brennan, UCL

10:10-10:40 Inducing “designer” residual compressive and tensile stress
Peter O’Hara, Metal Improvement Ltd.
10:40-11:10 The Measurement of Residual stress using MAPS
John McCarthy, ESR Technology Ltd
11:10-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12:00

The unmeasured strains: the effect of residual strain on product life and manufacture
Norman Thornton, nCode International and Angelo Fanourakis, GKN Autostructures

12:00-12:30

Including forming and assembly stresses in fatigue analysis from FEA
John Draper, Safe Technology Ltd

12:30-12:50 Discussion of morning papers
12:50-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:15 A surprising result of shot-peening a notched aluminium specimen
Frank Sherratt, Engineering Consultant
14:15-14:45 Predicting fatigue crack growth from cold worked holes in aerospace
alloys D.J. Smith and M.J.Pavier, University of Bristol
14:45-15:15 Crack shape control through ‘designer’ residual stresses
Feargal Brennan, UCL
15:15-15:30 Tea
15:30-16:00 The treatment of residual stresses in BS7910
John Sharples, Serco Assurance
16:00-16:30 Defect assessment and repair case study
Peter Flewitt, BNFL Magnox
16:30-16:45 Closing discussion

 

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