Weld Strength (½ day)

•  Start with simplest weld types. Understand basic calculation principles and allowable stress. Use traditional hand calculation methods.
•  Guide for weld sizing
•  Guide to determine weld ultimate strength
•  Weld strength problems.

Fracture Surfaces (½ day)

•  Reading a fracture surface: Ductile and brittle? High load or low load? Static strength or fatigue strength? Type of load application?
•  Guide for principle stresses, maximum shear stress, stress intensity, Mohr's circle & failure criteria for ductile and brittle materials.
•   Examining Fracture surfaces

Bolts (½ day)

•  Why bolt pretension is so important. How the tightening method controls preload. What can go wrong with a bolted joint? Understanding bolted joint diagrams. Differences bolting steel and aluminium. Preload fatigue benefits. Special bolting products.
•  Guide to bolted joints design.
•  Guide assessment of bolt groups.
•  Bolt quiz.

Safe Life Fatigue (½ day)

•  Stress Life Fatigue calculations for un-welded items. Damage tolerant or Safe Life? Size Factor, Surface finish, Surface finish factor, Probability of survival factor, Miscellaneous Factor, Stress concentration factor, Notch sensitivity, Mean Stress, residual stress. Assumptions, limitations and advantages.
•  Guide for constructing a safe life SN diagram.
•  Guides for stress concentration factors.
•   Safe life fatigue quiz
•  Fracture mechanics the life cycle of a crack. Fast fracture or grow? Assumptions, limitations and advantages.
•  Guide for fracture mechanics calculations.

Dynamics (½ day)

•  Design for vibration, impact and crashworthiness.
•  Guide for generalised motion.
•  Guide for forced vibration.

Fatigue of Welds (½ day)

•  Putting the analysis the context of the whole engineering process. Stress concentration, materials flaws and residual stresses. Assumptions, limitations and advantages.
•   Weld stress concentration quiz.
•  Guide for Fatigue calculations.
•   Fatigue calculation quiz.
•  Metallurgical assessment of weld fatigue.
•  Guide for comparison of international codes EC3, BS7608, AISC, AWS and AASHTO.
•  Fatigue Enhancement.

Links and Mechanisms (½ day)

•  Geometry and force solutions.
•  Guide for pins and lugs.
•  Guide for excavator design.

Beams and Frames (½ day)

•  Calculating bending stress and deflections.
•  Guide for section property calculations.
•  Guide for beam calculations.
•  Guide for torsion calculations.
•  Guide for frame calculations.

Miscellaneous Topics (½ day)

•  Strain gauges test demonstration.
•  Guide for wear calculations.
•  Guide for composite beams and sheets.
•  Guide for helical spring design.
•  Guide for interference fits.
•  Guide for tension connections

Excel Skills for Engineers
Throughout the course you’ll be exposed to XLC, the good calculations principles and Excel tricks and tips. 

Course Customisation: Customise training for railway vehicles, construction equipment, oil and gas plant, cranes, mining equipment and theme parks.

Course Duration: Select your own training modulues (typically 2 to 5 days).

Course size: 5 to 50 attendees.

Course Location: In house training delivered at any location.

Contact John Doyle to discuss your requirments.