BETTER PRODUCTS THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL PROCESSING AND SIMULATION
Author: Carl D. Kolts, VP of Sales and Business Development, VEXTEC Corporation Every company manufacturing a commercial product is focused on two things – growing revenue and reducing costs. To some...
View ArticleSTRUCTURAL DESIGN CONCEPTS: OVERVIEW OF SAFE LIFE AND DAMAGE TOLERANCE
Note: This post is the first in a series of blogs exploring industry-recognized structural design principles. This material originated in an internal white paper written by Dr. Robert Tryon, Chief...
View ArticleSTRUCTURAL DESIGN CONCEPTS: SAFE LIFE DESIGN
The philosophy of safe life design is the preferred method for designing components for durable operation in the automotive industry. Under this method, the structure is operated at a stress far below...
View ArticleSTRUCTURAL DESIGN CONCEPTS: DAMAGE TOLERANT DESIGN
The damage tolerance approach to design has been employed by the aerospace industry for decades. In contrast to the safe life design method, damage tolerance explicitly accounts the fatigue crack...
View ArticleSTRUCTURAL DESIGN CONCEPTS: SAFE LIFE, DAMAGE TOLERANCE AND VEXTEC’S VIRTUAL...
Over the last few weeks, VEXTEC has explored the two main philosophies of modern structural design: safe life design and damage tolerant design. Today we share with you a summary of these methods,...
View ArticleTHE NEED FOR SPEED
In the race to get products to market, does risk-mitigation get enough time in the winner’s circle? What do aerospace, medical device manufacturers, and auto racing all have in common? Answer: the...
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