In-Person Meeting Minnesota Reliability Consortium Tuesday January 17, 6pm

14000 Technology Drive,Eden Prairie MN 55344

17 January, 2023

Description

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: This is an in-person event. We will not have a link to participate remotely. Talk Synopsis: Since the dawn on the industrial revolution, when repeated loading of structures transitioned from organic, animal power, to inorganic, machine power, Fatigue has been an area of concern. Repeated cycling causes structures and components to fail, at maximum loads well below the individual component’s maximum loads. This repeated loading, labeled “Fatigue” by some of its early investigators, continues to vex modern designers. This presentation will discuss the use of fatigue properties and the test parameters that can lead to unwanted variability in the test results. We’ll discuss simple parameters such as frequency, amplitude, and rates, along with more difficult to characterize parameters such an loading history. The presentation will be followed by a lab tour. Speaker: Dr. Erik Schwartzkopf Dr. Erik Schwarzkopf has more than 30 years’ experience as a systems engineer with expertise in software and product development, product management, technical consulting, market positioning, and manufacturing processes. He serves as a liaison between engineering/technical staff and management, ensuring that communications flow smoothly and engineering disciplines interact properly to optimize a project. Dr. Schwarzkopf has completed assignments across a wide variety of industries, from wear and fatigue resistance testing of orthopedic (knee, hip, and spine implant) medical devices to Thermal Mechanical Fatigue of aerospace turbine engines. Dr. Schwarzkopf spent most of his career at MTS Systems, the leading provider of mechanical test systems for material, fatigue and tensile testing, and motion simulation systems for biomedical, aerospace, automotive and other industries. Dr. Schwarzkopf has a Doctor of Engineering Science degree and a Master of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Columbia University and a Master of Science degree in Management of Technology from the University of Minnesota. He also has a Bachelor of Science in Materials science from Columbia University in New York City, and a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Carleton College in Northfield MN. He has authored or co-authored numerous articles published in technical journals and conference proceedings and has delivered presentations on testing techniques at many national and international conferences.