MSC.

Fatigue Basic - Data Sheet

Total Life and Crack Initiation

Critical Location Identification

Multiaxial Assessment

Biaxiality Ratio

Description
MSC.Fatigue Basic is a module of the MSC.Fatigue product line which uses stress or strain results from finite element (FE) models, variations in loading, and cyclic material properties to estimate life to failure. Both the traditional S-N and the more state-of-the-art local strain or crack initiation methods are available. Benefits Analysis using MSC.Fatigue significantly reduces costs associated with prototyping and testing by simulating fatigue life early in the design phase. Early simulation shortens time-tomarket, improves product reliability, customer confidence, and reduces costly recalls or other undesirable consequences of premature product failure. Usage of MSC.Fatigue brings fatigue analysis up front in the design-to-manufacturing process and creates an MCAE environment for integrated durability management.

total life to catastrophic failure. Total life features include:

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Goodman or Gerber mean stress correction Welded structure analysis to BS7608 Material and component S-N curves

Crack Initiation Sophisticated crack initiation or strain-life (-N) modeling provides a method for estimating life to the initiation of a crack. Crack initiation features include:
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Neuber elastic-plastic correction Advanced elastic-plastic correction based on MertensDittman or Seeger-Beste methods Cyclic stress-strain tracking using Masings hypothesis and material memory modeling Smith-Watson-Topper and Morrow mean stress correction Advanced biaxial corrections (for proportional loading) based on Parameter Modification or Hoffman-Seeger

Analysis
Total Life The total life method, more commonly known as the stress-life or S-N method, typically makes no distinction between crack initiation or growth, but rather, predicts the

General Features pertaining to both crack initiation and total life methods:

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Rainflow cycle counting Various matrix (bin) sizes (32, 64, 128) Statistical confidence parameters Surface finish/treatment corrections Palmgren-Miner linear damage summation Flexible Miners sum (>0, default=1.0) User-defined life units Multiaxial stress state assessments Factor of safety analysis Stress/Strain tensor combination/resolution Any individual component Maximum absolute principal Signed von Mises Signed Tresca/Shear

MSC.NASTRAN (xdb) database Linear static and transient stresses SDRC Universal files Linear static stresses and strains External result files MSC.Patran nodal and elemental result files MSC.Patran FEA result files No limit on number of node or element calculation points

Loading
Multiple FE load cases with associated time variations can be defined and applied simultaneously. A time history database is supplied to facilitate creation and storage of these files. Features include:
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Results Access Fatigue analysis is performed using stress or strain results from FE models. Results access features include FE results data from:
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MSC.Patran database Linear static (stresses and strains) Linear transient (stresses and strains) Includes results from MSC.NASTARN, ANSYS, ABAQUS, MARC, and any other MSC.Patran supported analysis codes

Up to 200 simultaneously applied load cases Load magnitude definition for normalizing FE results Scale Factors (stress concentration definitions) Offsets (constant residual stress definition) Static load cases (variable residual stress definitions across model) Results transformations Global system Surface resolved

Time History Database

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Random Loading - Rainflow Cycle Counting

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Central and local storage of time histories Time history creation and modifications from: ASCII file import (XY and rainflow matrix data) XY point specification Graphical interaction Wave form definitions (sine, triangular, square) Block definitions Rainflow matrix creation from time series data Graphical plots and hard copies of time history and matrix data Includes multiple file display, cross plots, and overlays Data transformations Polynomial transforms Lookup table Unit conversions Sample rate adjustments Peak valley slicing extraction

Damage

critical locations. Results data include:

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Stress-Life (S-N) Curves

Strain-Life (-N) Curves

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Damage (reported in linear and log form) Life (reported in linear and log form) Life reported in user defined units Multiaxial assessment parameters: Biaxiality ratio Standard deviation of biaxiality ratio Most popular angle (maximum principal stress to local x-axis) Mobility of angle (maximum principal stress to local x axis) Factor of safety Stress history output Cycle and damage histogram plots

Cycle Stress-Strain Curves

What If Analysis s Back calculations based on design life of: Scale factor (stress concentration) Residual stress Probability of failure (design criterion)

Materials
A materials database manager stores and manipulates a library of cyclic material properties. Features include:
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Approximately 200 materials (metals) supplied Strain-life curves Stress-life curves Cyclic stress-strain curves Add, create, or modify your own or supplied materials data (Imperial & SI units supported) Generate materials data from UTS & E Weld classifier based on BS7608 Graphical display of: Component and material S-N curves Cyclic and monotonic stress/strain curves Strain-life curves Elastic-plastic lines Fatigue limits (endurance limits) Graphical display, hard copies, and tabular comparison of materials Up to 100 different material/finish combination definitions per model

Sensitivity Plot - Load vs. Life

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Results
A variety of results data is reported both in tabular form and in results files for graphical display in the results postprocessor. A single location analyzer can be used for what if studies after a global analysis has identified

Sensitivity studies of: Multiple scale factors (stress concentrations) Multiple residual stress values Multiple probabilities of failures (design criteria) Surface finish/treatment Mean stress correction methods Graphical display and hardcopy of sensitivity plots Change materials or surface finish/treatment Material searches based on design life

Supported Systems s Hewlett-Packard/HP-UX, Silicon Graphics/IRIX, Digital UNIX, IBM/AIX, Sun/Solaris, Windows NT

nCode, MSC: Fatigue, Durability Partners

MSC.Fatigue is developed in close cooperation with nCode International of Sheffield, England, the world leader in fatigue and durability services and software.

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