Course Schedule
WEDNESDAY
Registration
Course Introductions
Historical Experience with Fatigue and Fracture
Material Properties and Behaviour
The Fatigue Design Process
Loads on Ships
Predictive Methods for Crack Initiation and Propagation
Daily Examples
Evening Reception
THURSDAY
Stress Analysis
Residual Stresses
Fatigue Life Assessment under Variable Amplitude Loading
Fatigue in Welded Connections
Effect of Fabrication and Detailing Practice on Fatigue and Fracture
Daily Examples
FRIDAY
Effects of Environment
Fracture Assessment
Daily Examples
Detailed Fatigue and Fracture Analysis Examples

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