Manycompanies use advanced finite element analysis to calculate designstresses, but the fatigue analysis is often still done by manuallypicking stress points for spread-sheet analysis. This is time consumingand unreliable because its easy to miss failure locations. Componentvalidation by fatigue testing a prototype design in the test lab istime-consuming. If the prototype fails prematurely, a costly, open-endedcycle of design-test-redesign is required. Project time-scales slip anddelivery is late.

In the automotive industry some 40% of thetotal development cost is spent making prototype parts. In the medicalindustry an unexpected failure can mean the loss of several monthslead-time over competitors.

Many companies use advanced finite element analysis to calculate design stresses, but the fatigue analysis is often still done by manually picking stress points for spread-sheet analysis. This is time consuming and unreliable because it’s easy to miss failure locations. Component validation by fatigue testing a prototype design in the test lab is time-consuming. If the prototype fails prematurely, a costly, open-ended cycle of design-test-redesign is required. Project time-scales slip and delivery is late.

Manycompanies use advanced finite element analysis to calculate designstresses, but the fatigue analysis is often still done by manuallypicking stress points for spread-sheet analysis. This is time consumingand unreliable because its easy to miss failure locations. Componentvalidation by fatigue testing a prototype design in the test lab istime-consuming. If the prototype fails prematurely, a costly, open-endedcycle of design-test-redesign is required. Project time-scales slip anddelivery is late.

Many companies use advanced finite element analysis to calculate design stresses, but the fatigue analysis is often still done by manually picking stress points for spread-sheet analysis. This is time consuming and unreliable because it's easy to miss failure locations. Component validation by fatigue testing a prototype design in the test lab is time-consuming. If the prototype fails prematurely, a costly, open-ended cycle of design-test-redesign is required. Project time-scales slip and delivery is late.

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Join Dr. Iain Stewart on his journy to observe one of nature's most awesome and destructive forces, the volcanoe. It can raise up great mountains and create new land, or it can level cities and destroy entire civilizations.