Fatigue and fracture II

Thursday, May 7, 2026: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Prof. William LePage, University of Tulsa, Dr. Maximilien E. Launey, G.RAU Inc and Dr. Jason D. Weaver, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10:30 AM
On the role of phase transformation events in crack formation and crack propagation during fatigue of NiTi-based shape memory alloys
Prof. Jan Frenzel, Ruhr University Bochum; Prof. Gunther Eggeler, Ruhr University Bochum
10:50 AM
Microscopic strain and traction-separation around particle void assemblies in Nitinol
Mr. Nathan Rendon, University of Tulsa; Prof. William LePage, University of Tulsa
11:10 AM
Fatigue Crack Initiation of High-Purity Nitinol in Fractures Between 100 Million and 2 Billion Cycles
Dr. Jason D Weaver, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Dr. Andrew Roiko, Medtronic; Dr. Brian T. Berg, Boston Scientific Corporation
11:30 AM
Understanding the Effects of Force, Motion, Frequency, and Wire Diameter on Nitinol Wear
Dr. Paul Briant, Ph.D., P.E., Exponent, Inc.; Dr. Diana Chin, PhD, PE, Exponent, Inc.; Dr. Jason D Weaver, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Mr. Brandon Gulker, MED Institute Inc.; Mr. Justin M. Metcalf, MED Institute Inc.; Dr. Louis G Malito, Ph.D., P.E., Resonetics; Dr. Scott Robertson, Ph.D., Resonetics
11:50 AM
Voxel-Level Design of Functionally Graded NiTi and NiTiHf Shape Memory Alloys via Additive Manufacturing
Prof. Ibrahim Karaman, Texas A&M University; Dr. Alexander Demblon, Texas A&M University; Mr. James H Mabe, The Boeing Company (Retired)
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