Fatigue and Durability

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
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)
Use of manufacturing analysis to predict
durability properties in castings
Proven correlation to production designs