Month: October 2017

The Engineered Residual Stress Implementation (ERSI) Working Group

by Adrian DeWald

Hill Engineering is presenting an update on the Engineered Residual Stress Implementation (ERSI) Working Group at the upcoming 2017 North American Residual Stress Summit in Dayton, OH. The Residual Stress Summit brings together residual stress users and developers. Hill Engineering’s presentation will include an overview of ongoing work within the Engineered Residual Stress Implementation Working Group related to cold expanded holes, fatigue and fracture analysis, and similar topics. The abstract text is presented below. Continue reading The Engineered Residual Stress Implementation (ERSI) Working Group

Residual stress production quality control

by Adrian DeWald

Hill Engineering is presenting about residual stress production quality control at the upcoming 2017 North American Residual Stress Summit in Dayton, OH. The Residual Stress Summit brings together residual stress users and developers. Hill Engineering’s presentation will include an overview of ongoing work related to quality control processes for residual stress in manufacturing. The abstract text is presented below. Continue reading Residual stress production quality control

Prime Room Ribbon Cutting

by Adrian DeWald

Hill Engineering’s new facility in Rancho Cordova, CA features a combination of laboratory, research and development, and office space. We have proudly named the primary conference room in our facility the Prime Room, a fitting tribute to a special Hill Engineering collaborator, the inventor of the contour method, and inspirational figure, Mike Prime. We were recently honored to have Mike Prime stop by for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of the Prime Room. Continue reading Prime Room Ribbon Cutting

Engineered Residual Stress Implementation workshop

by Adrian DeWald

Hill Engineering is proud to support the USAF and their objective to advance damage tolerance analysis methods through the Engineered Residual Stress Implementation (ERSI) workshop. At the most recent ERSI meeting, Hill Engineering met with other stakeholders in the USAF aircraft community to review progress over the past year towards implementation of engineered residual stress in the USAF fleet. Continue reading Engineered Residual Stress Implementation workshop