Mechanical fatigue is a wily old engineering adversary. It seeps slowly into parts, weakening structurally sound components ...

The turbulent air above a wildfire is punishing to aircraft structures. The excessive and frequent loads place an inordinate number of loading cycles on an aircraft, leading to accelerated crack ...

A single component failure can bring an entire system to a halt, leading to costly downtime, safety risks and compromised performance. For mechanical engineers, designing critical components isn’t ...

Mechanical parts are more frequently subjected to cyclic loads than solely static loads. Fatigue issues are commonly observed in turbine blades, aerospace components, locomotive systems, large ...

Objective: Verify that onshore/offshore pipelines can safely contain pressure and loads over their service life by detecting, sizing, and assessing defects that threaten structural integrity ...

Integrity management on an FPSO safeguards people, environment, and production by assuring the fitness-for-service of hull, turret–mooring, risers/umbilicals, topsides pressure systems, ...

The use of dished ends eliminates abrupt geometric transitions by employing smooth, continuous radius sections between the cylindrical shell and end closures. This approach replaces the ...

The U.S. Air Force used the T-34A Mentor (Beechcraft Model 45) for flight training in the 1950s. Credit: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force The certification standards under Federal Aviation ...