Dr. David L. DuQuesnay B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng. Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. David L. DuQuesnay, Professor

Office: SB3113

Telephone: 613-541-6000 ext 6483

Fax: (613) 542-8612

E-mail: duquesnay-d@rmc.ca

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Royal Military College of Canada

PO Box 17000, Station Forces

Kingston, Ontario CANADA

K7K 7B4

Select Publications since 2002

Note: Authors in bold represent past and present students’ work relating to their degrees.

  • D.L. DuQuesnay and P.R. Underhill, “Fatigue Life Scatter in 7xxx Series Aluminum Alloys”, International Journal of Fatigue, 32, pp. 398-402, 2010.
  • H.F.S.G. Pereira, D.L. DuQuesnay, A.M.P. De Jesus and A.L.L. Silva, "Analysis of Variable Amplitude Fatigue Data of the P355NL1 Steel Using the Effective Strain Damage Model", J. Pressure Vessel Technol, 131.
  • P.R. Underhill and D.L. DuQuesnay, “Effect of small cycles and load spectrum truncation on the fatigue life scatter in 7050 Al alloy”, International Journal of Fatigue, 31, pp. 538-543, 2009.
  • A.E. Nolting, P.R. Underhill and D.L. DuQuesnay, “Fatigue Behaviour of Adhesively Bonded Aluminium Double Strap Joints”, Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 5, No. 5, Paper ID JAI101559, 2008.
  • K.Y. Tsang, D.L. DuQuesnay and P.J. Bates, "Fatigue Properties of Vibration-Welded Nylon 6 and Nylon 66 Reinforced with Glass Fibres", Journal of Composites B, Vol. 39/2, pp.396-404, 2008.
  • P.R. Underhill and D.L. DuQuesnay, "The Effect of Dynamic Loading on the Fatigue Scatter Factor for Al 7050", International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 30, Issue 4, pp.614-622, 2008.
  • A.E. Nolting, P.R. Underhill and D.L. Duquesnay, "Variable Amplitude Fatigue of Bonded Aluminum Joints", International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 30(4), pp.614-622, 2008.
  • R.M. Chlistovsky, P.J. Heffernan and D.L. DuQuesnay, "Corrosion-Fatigue Behaviour of 7075-T651 Aluminum Alloy Subjected to Periodic Overloads", International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 29 (9-11), pp.1941-1949, 2007. Also presented at Fatigue Damage of Materials VI, Hyannis Port, MD, September 17-22, 2006.
  • B. Arsenault, P. Gougeon, M. Verdier and D.L. DuQuesnay, "Aluminum protective coating - fatigue and bond strength properties with respect to surface preparation techniques: laser ablation, shot peening and sand blasting”, Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 1. pp 49-57, 2006.
  • A.E. Nolting and D.L. DuQuesnay, “The Effect of Mean Strain on Fatigue Damage Caused by Fully Open Loading Cycles”, Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, Vol 44, No 2. pp 195-204, 2005.
  • K.Y. Tsang, D.L. DuQuesnay and P.J. Bates, “Fatigue Strength of Vibration Welded Unreinforced Nylon Butt Joints”, Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol 45, No. 7. pp. 935-944, 2005.
  • B. Arsenault, A.K. Lynn and D.L. DuQuesnay, “Effect of Ductile Thermal Spray Coatings on the Fatigue Performance of 7075-T651 Aluminum Alloy”, Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, Vol 44, No 4, 2005.
  • P.R. Underhill and D.L. DuQuesnay, “The Role of Corrosion / Oxidation in The Failure of Aluminum Adhesive Joints under Hot, Wet Conditions”, International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives, Volume 26, Issues 1-2, pp. 88-93, 2005.
  • P.R. Underhill and D.L. DuQuesnay, “The Dependence of the Fatigue Life of Adhesive Joints on Surface Preparation”, International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives, Volume 26, Issues 1-2, pp. 62-66, 2005.
  • D.L. DuQuesnay, P.R. Underhill and H.J. Britt, "Fatigue Failure of Adhesively Patched 2024-T3 and 7075-T6 Clad and Bare Aluminum Alloys", Fatigue Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 28, Issue 4. pp 381-390, 2005.
  • P.J. Heffernan, M.A. Erki and D.L. DuQuesnay, "Stress Re-distributions in a Cyclically Loaded Reinforced Concrete Beam", ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 101 No. 2, pp. 261-268, 2004.
  • P.R. Underhill, A.N. Rider and D.L. DuQuesnay, “The effect of warm water surface treatments on the fatigue life in shear of aluminum joints”, International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives, 2005.
  • D.L. DuQuesnay, P.R. Underhill and H.J. Britt, "Fatigue Crack Growth from Corrosion Damage in 7075-T6511 Aluminum Alloy under Aircraft Loading", International J. Fatigue, Vol.25, pp 371-377, 2003.
  • D.L. DuQuesnay, "Applications of Overload Data to Fatigue Analysis and Testing, Applications of Automation Technology in Fatigue and Fracture Testing and Analysis: Fourth Volume", ASTM STP 1411, AA Braun, PC McKeKeighan, AM Nicolson, and RD Lohr, Eds, pp. 165-180, 2002.
  • M. Kahlil, T.H. Topper and D.L. DuQuesnay, "Prediction of the Crack-Opening Stress Level for Service Loading Spectra, Applications of Automation Technology in Fatigue and Fracture Testing and Analysis: Fourth Volume", ASTM STP 1411, AA Braun, PC McKeKeighan, AM Nicolson, and RD Lohr, Eds, pp. 205-219, 2002.
  • A.K. Lynn and D.L. DuQuesnay, "Hydroxyapatite-Coated Ti 6Al 4V Part 1: The Effect of Coating Thickness on Fatigue Behaviour", Biomaterials, Vol.23, pp. 1937-1946, 2002.
  • A.K. Lynn and D.L. DuQuesnay, "Hydroxyapatite-Coated Ti 6Al 4V Part 2: The Effects of Post Deposition Heat Treatment at Low Temperatures", Biomaterials, Vol.23, pp 1947-1953, 2002.
  • A.K. Lynn and D.L. DuQuesnay, "Computer Simulation of Variable Amplitude Fatigue Behaviour of High-Strength Aluminum Alloys Using the Net-Effective Strain Range Model", International Journal of Fatigue, Vol.24, No.9, pp. 977-986, 2002.

Published Papers in Refereed Journals and Conference Proceedings

  • A.M. Cree, D.L. DuQuesnay and G.W. Weidmann, “Crack Closure Measurement Using a Side-Face Strain Gauge Technique”, Fatigue 2007, Cambridge U.K.,  March 26-28, 2007.

Conference and Symposium proceedings, Un-refereed

  • D.L. DuQuesnay and P.R. Underhill, “The Effect of Alloy Type, Specimen Geometry and Load Spectrum Variables on Fatigue Scatter in Three Structural Aluminum Alloys”, International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, ICCES'08, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 16-20, 2008.
  • D.L. DuQuesnay, “This Matter of Scatter-Variability of Fatigue Life under Spectrum Loading”, Invited Keynote Lecture, Fatigue Research and Applications, SAE World Congress, Detroit, April 16, 2007.
  • D.L. DuQuesnay, R.P. Sabourin and J.J.L. Sabourin, "Fatigue Properties of Service Exposed Aircraft 2014 Aluminum Alloy”, in Proc. Ninth International Fatigue Conference-Fatigue, Atlanta, Georgia, May 14-19, 2006.
  • D.L. DuQuesnay, H.J. Britt, A.E. Nolting and P.R. Underhill,  "Fatigue Failure of Patched 2024-T351 Aluminum Alloy Substrates", in Proc. Fifth Canadian-International Composites Conference, Vancouver, BC., Canada, August 16-19, 2005.
  • T.H. Topper, J.J.F. Bonnen and D.L. DuQuesnay, “Fatigue Crack Closure Of Small Cracks in constant and Variable Amplitude”, Jornadas SAM/CONAMET 2005 – MEMAT, Mar del Plata, Argentina, October, 2005.
  • D.L. DuQuesnay and S.J. DeJong, “Corrosion-Fatigue-Overload Damage Interactions in Micro-Alloyed and Stainless Steels”, Proc. 11th Canadian Forces/DRDC International Meeting on Naval Applications of Materials Technology, Dartmouth, NS., June 7-9, 2005.
  • K.Y. Tsang, P.J. Bates and D.L. DuQuesnay, "Fatigue Behaviour of Un-reinforced and Glass Reinforced Nylon Compounds", Accepted for presentation at International Conference on Composites Engineering, ICCE-11, South Carolina, USA., August 8-14, 2004.
  • A.E. Nolting and D.L. DuQuesnay, “The Effects Of Mean Stress And Mean Strain on Fatigue Damage Following Overloads”, Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA, SAE Paper # 2003-01-0910, 2003.
  • K.Y. Tsang, D.L. DuQuesnay and P.J. Bates, "Fatigue Behaviour of Vibration Welded Nylon 6 And Nylon 66”, in Fatigue Damage of Materials - Experiment and Analysis, A. Varvani-Farahini and CA Brebbia,(Eds.), WIT Press. pp. 3-11, 2003.
  • D.L. DuQuesnay, M. Chlistovsky and P.J. Heffernan, "Corrosion-Fatigue Behaviour of an HSLA Steel Subjected to Periodic Overloads”, in Fatigue Damage of Materials - Experiment and Analysis, A. Varvani-Farahini and CA Brebbia (Eds.), WIT Press. pp. 263-271, 2003.
  • T.H. Topper, J.J.F. Bonnen, R.P. Kaufman and D.L. DuQuesnay, "Changes in Fatigue Damage Due to Mean Stresses and Overloads in Axial and Biaxial Fatigue", International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics 2003, Nagoya, Japan, September 10-12, 2003.
  • P.R. Underhill, S.L. McBride and D.L. DuQuesnay, “An Examination of the Correlation Between Wedge Test Performance and the Fatigue Life In Shear of Aluminum Joints”, Euradh 2002 6th European Conf. Adhesion '02 - 8th Int. Conf. on the Science & Tech. of Adhesion and Adhesives, Glasgow, UK, September 10-13, 2002.
  • P.R. Underhill, A.N. Rider and D.L. DuQuesnay, “Warm Water and Silane Treatments of Aluminum for Structural Adhesive Bonding”, Euradh 2002 6th European Conf. Adhesion '02 - 8th Int. Conf. on the Science & Tech. of Adhesion and Adhesives, Glasgow, UK, September 10-13, 2002.