In our last blog on the topic of corrosion, we discussed how corrosion control can be a “headache”, and how controlling corrosion implies controlling the man-made contributors such as corrosion fatigue, which is a very dominant corrosion factor. Nowadays, integrated computational material engineering (ICME) and recent [...]
Read Part II of Blog Series The history of customization is as ancient as the history of design. And there are three principles that have governed the need for customization – form, fit and function. Intimately intertwined with this quest for customization is the [...]
VEXTEC is sponsoring and presenting at AM-Bench 2018, being held at the headquarters of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) near Washington, D.C. June 18-21 2018. The event is co-presented by NIST, the Naval and Army Research Labs (NRL & ARL), and The [...]
Read Next Blog in the Series We previously discussed how corrosion can be “the good guy” for some applications when degradation is beneficial, such as in self-deteriorating medical implants. Also, how it can be “the bad guy” for some other applications where degradation [...]
This is the first installment of a new blog series on the physics of fatigue. It has been adapted from the upcoming Ph.D. dissertation of VEXTEC’s Robert McDaniels. Fatigue can best be considered as a process, rather than an event [1, 2]. The fatigue process [...]
VEXTEC is excited to be a part of this year's Air Vehicles Technology Symposium (AVTech 2017). Dr. Bob Tryon, CTO of VEXTEC, will be presenting Finite Element Modeling Correlation during the Airframe Digital Twin/Digital Thread session on Thursday, October, 26th at 2:00 p.m. This Symposium will bring together engineers, scientists, leaders, and [...]
VEXTEC is excited to return as a sponsor of the SIMULIA Great Lakes Regional User Meeting (RUM) on September 28, 2017, marking the third consecutive year of our RUM sponsorships. SIMULIA’S annual RUM in Plymouth, Michigan brings together Transportation & Mobility simulation experts from all over the US, making it the largest [...]
A turbocharger client of ours wanted to improve durability and reduce warranty costs on cast wheels made from a nickel superalloy with a radially-solidified (RS) microstructure. A significant portion of their previous field failures had been attributed to high cycle fatigue (HCF). […]
Visit VEXTEC’s Learning Center for Example Applications This is the final installment of a four-part series on the history of fatigue analysis. It has been adapted from the upcoming Ph.D. dissertation of VEXTEC’s Robert McDaniels. You can read Part 1 here, Part 2 [...]
Read Part IV in Blog Series This is the third of a four-part series on the history of fatigue analysis. It has been adapted from the upcoming Ph.D. dissertation of VEXTEC’s Robert McDaniels. You can read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and [...]