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 [...]
Read Part III in Blog Series This is the second 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, and Part 3 here. While [...]
Read Part II of Series This is the first 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 2 here. Isaac Newton wrote to Robert [...]