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Fatigue and Durability
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Alcoa has expertise and tools to assist in design for durability.
These include:
- Analysis of road history and bench cycle load
profile data from customers
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Extensive library of material and joint
information from Alcoa Technical Center
- Ability to build and test coupons and
substructures critical to accurate durability
modeling (correlation of design data to
specific configuration tests)
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Use of manufacturing analysis to predict
durability properties in castings
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Proven correlation to production designs
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