Fatec Engineering has the capability and the experience to provide training courses on Fatigue & Damage Tolerance. Fatec Engineering works together with the Delft University of Technology and with PATO.

The courses that are offered include any combination of the modules listed below. In addition, Fatec Engineering also offers fully customised courses matching the clients needs.

Available course modules:

• Introduction and background: The fatigue mechanism
• Fatigue life
  - Stress concentrations
  - Local plastic deformations and residual stresses
  - Fatigue properties of materials
  - Fatigue life calculations at constant amplitude loading
  - Fatigue life calculations at variable amplitude loading (cumulative damage rules, interaction effects)
  - Statistical effects and scatter
  - Influence of surface condition, surface treatment and fretting corrosion
• Crack growth
  - Stress intensity factors
  - Crack growth properties of materials
  - Crack growth calculations at constant amplitude loading
  - Crack growth calculations at variable amplitude loading (interaction effects)
• Residual strength
  - Fracture toughness
  - R-curves
• Fatigue loads in practice, mission analysis and load spectra
• Fatigue in joints (riveted, bolted, welded and bonded)
• Designing against fatigue
• Testing
• Fatigue, structural integrity and maintenance in aerospace
  - Maintenance concepts
  - Airworthiness