Chassis Committee Panel: Durability Discussion for Commercial and Military Vehicles

Moderator - Xiaobo Yang, Oshkosh Corporation Panelists - Mehdi Ahmadian, Virginia Tech. Neil Bishop, CAEfatigue, Ltd. Ram Iyer, ArcelorMittal This technical panel focuses on innovative and improved durability development, analysis methodologies, and problem-solving techniques in the commercial and military vehicle industry. The subjects of interest include: studies and discussion on (1) duty cycle development and customer usage correlation; (2) fatigue of metallic and non-metallic materials (3) environmental effects on fatigue performance (4) effect of manufacturing processes and operating condition uncertainties on durability performance, and (5) durability performance validation and testing methodologies.