which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
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Just wanted to ask experienced F&DT engineers out there if they have a good course they recommend for an engineer wanting to learn more about F&DT. Which do you think is the best and is dedicated to training an engineer to immediately jump in and start writing reports related to Fatigue and Damage Tolerance, with little to no supervision from a more experienced engineer?





RE: which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
A week long course is going to give you a little background, a bit of math, a few worked examples, and most likely a headache as you try and keep from drowning in all the new jargon.
For me, it is infinitely preferred to work in the field for something like a year, to get used to the jargon, the typical types of problems, the issues. Then take a course to back-fill. Maybe after a DT course (graduate level) at a nearby college/university ... many more hours + a much longer time = more learning.
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RE: which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
Recommend looking at this FAA site:
https://www.academy.jccbi.gov/catalog/course.asp?C...
An FAA sanctioned course is FAA22000029, (22000029) FATIGUE AND DAMAGE TOLERANCE ANALYSIS
from that list.
This course is offered here:
http://fdtcourse.com/
This is not an advertisement for this course. I recommend reviewing the description to determine applicability.
Keep em' Flying
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RE: which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
RE: which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
You sort of scare me with your statement abouting taking a course,and then jumping in a hammering out reports.
RE: which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
However, a book is published by SigmaK from UK titled Practical Airframe Fatigue and Damage Tolerance, ISBN 978-0-9565174-0-1.
Here is link for the same http://www.sigmak.ltd.uk/specialist_training_servi...
It is highly unlikely their training sessions are conducted outside of UK.
Disclaimer: I am in possession of the book. I have not undergone their training services. I think the book is OK. I also recommend David Broek's Practical Fracture Mechanics. The former compliments the latter. Together, they will provide you a brief idea about F&DT.
I have a good mentor who is patient enough to explain things repeatedly and lucidly until it goes through my thick skull. Thus I am able to better appreciate the subject.
RE: which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
MOHR1951, please contact me to catch up after a quarter century!
RE: which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
I attended Patrick's class and learned a lot.
If you work at an OEM you might want to have Patrick give the class at your location to you and your fellow engineers.
RE: which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
Hey guys... wasn't there a document [DoD] written on practical aspects/elements of durability and damage tolerance?? IF I remember correctly it was written as an intro to this wide subject.
Reviewing MIL-A-8860-thru-8871, MIL-A-8892 and MIL-A-8893 documents might give You added insight as too where-this-is-all-going. http://quicksearch.dla.mil/
Also, RE: Sam Kantimathi, Fatigue Concepts... I also took his course and it was very useful/practical.
Also, see attached 'Shop Awareness Briefing' that I copied ~25-years ago [1989]. It contains a little Fud-4-Thot that goes a long-way... describing fracture prone/critical elements of structures for mechanics... and how they can strongly influence the process.
Regards, Wil Taylor
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RE: which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
RE: which is the Best Course For Fatigue and Damage Tolerance learning?
I should add,that both the book by Sun is most interesting,and Paris deserves much credit for his research,both of these texts are more theoretical in nature,the practical applications are not given,that's left up to us,the practicing engineer.Pure science is great,appling it requires cleverness,just as optimizing design does.