ANSYSnCode DesignLife

Hari Subramaniam
ANSYS,Inc.
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Whyarewehere?
WhatisFatigue? DefinitionandImportance
WhatisANSYSnCode DesignLife?
ProductFeatures
Capabilities
Benefits
ANSYSnCode DesignLife ProductPackaging!
FrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQs)

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Whywearehere?

Howlongwillitlast?

Willitsurvivethetest?

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Whywearehere?
Workbench2.0
Integration
nCode OEM
Partnership
Materiallibrary
IntegrationwithTest
ProcessOrientation
AdvancedDutyCycles
EaseofUse

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WhatisFatigue?

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Whatisfatigue?
Fatigueistheprogressive
andlocalized
structuraldamage
thatoccurswhena
materialissubjected
tocyclicloading.

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Whatisfatigue?
Fatigue is:
Failureunderarepeatedorotherwise
varyingloadwhichneverreachesa
levelsufficienttocausefailureina
singleapplication.
deHavillandComet
Thenominalmaximumstressvaluesare
lessthantheultimatetensilestress
limit,andmaybebelowtheyield
stresslimitofthematerial.

Theinitiationandgrowthofacrack,or
growthfromapreexistingdefect, Catastrophicfailureofpressurized
untilitreachesacriticalsize. fuselagecausestotalstructural
collapse

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WhatistheProduct?

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WhatistheProduct?
ANSYS
Workbench

Engineering
Data

Materials Loads DesignLife

Stresses

Mechanical

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WhatistheProduct? Features
Streamlining the Virtual Engineering Process

PowerfulFatigue
AnalysisTechnology

IntegratedReporting
andProcess
Encapsulation

Fast,Expandable,and
Scalable

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WhatistheProduct? Features
Intuitiveandeasytousesoftwareforperforming
fatigueanalysisoffiniteelementmodels.
Efficientlyanalyzelargefiniteelementmodelsand
completeusageschedules.
Widerangeoffatigueanalysiscapabilities
includingstresslife,strainlife,multiaxial,weld
analysis,virtualshakertable,andmore.
Singleenvironment forbothTestandCAEdata.
Extensivematerialdatabase

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WhatistheProduct? Capabilities
ANSYSnCode DesignLife hasanextensivescopeoffatiguecapabilities
StressLife(single,multicurve,Haigh diagrams) FiniteElementresultssupported
StrainLife(automatedmultiaxialcorrections) Static(linearsuperposition)
Transient
Multiaxialsafetyfactor(DangVan) Modal
Seamweldsandspotwelds FrequencyResponse
Linear&Nonlinear
Hightemperaturefatigue
Vibrationfatigue(shakersimulation)
Multiplerunsinasingleanalysis
Completedutycycles/flightspectrums
Multiprocessorenabledforfastresults
UsePythonforproprietaryorcustommethods
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WhatistheProduct? Benefits
Performvirtualdurabilityassessmentupfronttoreducerelianceonphysical
testandavoidcostlydesignandtoolingchanges
Performsmarterandquickerphysicaltestsbysimulatingfirst
Designdurabilityintoyourproductsandreducewarrantyclaims

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WhatistheProduct? Benefits
Standardizeanalysisprocessestoimproveconsistencyandquality
Automateprocessestobetterutilizeengineerstimeandworkload

Assessmoredesign
options,considermore
realisticloading
conditionsandmore
confidentlyreducecost
andweight

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WhatistheProduct
Wheel
ANSYS calculatesstressesfor18staticanalysesastireloadsrotate
aroundthewheel.
DesignLife producesstresseshistoriesateverynodeonthewheelmodel,
andpredictsthenumberofrevolutionsofthewheelthatwillcauseitto
crack.

WindTurbine
ANSYS calculatesstressesfor6separateloadcases.(forceintheX,Y,&Z
directions,andmomentsabouttheX,Y,&Zdirectionsonthehubofthe
windturbine)
DesignLife pairsthestressesfromANSYSwithpredictedloadand
momenthistoriesformultiplewindconditions.Thestresshistoriesfor
thevariouswindconditionsareassembledintoa20yearschedule,anda
factorofsafetyfor20yearsofoperationiscalculatedateverylocationof
thecomponent.
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WhatistheProduct
AircraftControlValve
ANSYS calculatesthefrequencyresponseofthevalvedueto
accelerationsatitsmountinglocation.
DesignLife usesthatfrequencyresponseandcalculatesthehoursof
operationpriortocrackingwhensubjectedtoasweptsineacceleration
test.

TurbochargerHousing
ANSYS calculatesthestresshistoryduetoa30minutethermalcycle,and
thestressesduetoa40Hzmechanicalexcitation.
DesignLife superimposesthethermalandmechanicalstressesintoa
720,000pointtimehistoryandcalculatestheturbochargerhousingslife
inhoursofoperation.

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ProductPackages!

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ProductPackages!
Package/Module Description
ANSYS nCode DesignLife Standard Base package including Stress-Life,
Strain-Life and Dang Van analyzers

ANSYS nCode DesignLife Modules/add-ons

ANSYS nCode DesignLife Adds ability to do vibration fatigue
Vibration analysis. Simulate swept sine and PSD
loadings
ANSYS nCode DesignLife Signal processing package
Accelerated Testing complementary to vibration
option. Design accelerated virtual and
physical vibration tests.
ANSYS nCode DesignLife Fatigue life prediction for seam welds and
Welds spot welds.
ANSYS nCode DesignLife DesignLife is multi-threaded and licensed
Parallelization per core with one core included in the
base package.
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ANSYSnCodeDesignLifeStandard
Standard Description Applications
Package
includes:
Stress-Life Enables fatigue life calculations to be made using High-cycle fatigue (long
the stress-life approach. Includes the ability to lives) where nominal
interpolate between material curves depending stress controls the fatigue
on the temperature. Python scripting can also be life.
used to add new or proprietary SN methods.

Strain-Life Enables fatigue life predictions to be made using Wide range of problems
the local strain approach. Includes the ability to including low-cycle
interpolate between material curves depending fatigue with the local
on the temperature at each location. elastic-plastic strain
controls the fatigue life.
Dang Van Enables Dang Van safety factor calculations. The Engine and powertrain-
analyzers Dang Van criterion is a method of predicting the type applications where
endurance limit under complex loading situations. there are very large
The output from the analysis is always expressed numbers of loading
as a safety factor not a fatigue life. Specific cycles.
material parameters are calculated from tensile
and torsion tests.
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ProductPackages!
AvailabilityandCompatibility
Platform Processor Operating
System
Windows (64-bit) x64 Windows 7 64-bit, Vista
64, XP 64
Windows (32-bit) x86 Windows 7, Vista, XP

AnicecomplementtoWB2.0,bothfromthetechnicalcapabilities
standpointandtheGUIstandpointitsinterestinghowmuch
theDesignLifeworkareaandtheWB2ProjectSchematic
resembleeachother.

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FAQs!

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FAQs!
Q. WhatisthedifferencebetweenANSYSnCode DesignLife Standardand
nCodes standaloneproduct?

A. TheANSYSproductisintegratedwithintheWorkbench2.0framework,
otherwise,theyareidentical.(Priortothe12.1release,theANSYS
versioncouldonlyreadANSYSfiles,butnowitcanreadallFEcodesthat
thenCode versionsupports.)

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FAQs!
Q. Wherewillcustomersgettheirfatigueproperties?

A. ANSYSnCode DesignLife containsthecompletenCode DesignLife

MaterialLibraryintegratedintoEngineeringData.

Additionally,nCode hasamaterialstestingservicethatcustomersmay
wishtouseforuniquematerialsorconditions.

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FAQs!
Q. WhatisthedifferencebetweenANSYSnCode DesignLife andtheANSYS
Fatiguemodule?

A. TheANSYSFatiguemoduleisverylimitedinwhatitcando.Nocriticalplane
capabilityandthereforenononproportionalnonconstantamplitude
loading.Loadingislimitedtoasingletimehistoryoraspecific2loadcase
option.ANSYSFatiguecannotanalyzemultipleevents(Ithasnodutycycle
capabilities).Also,itdoesnotsupportvibration,spotweld,orseamweld

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FAQs!
Q. ArethereanyFatiguecapabilitiesthatANSYScustomersusethatarenot
availableinnCode DesignLife oritsmodules?

A. Currently,ANSYSnCode DesignLife doesnotperformtheASMEBoiler

andPressureVesselfatiguecalculationsasspecifiedbythiscode.This
willbeintheR14release.
Notably:
Throughthicknessintegrationof
stresses
Linearize stressestodetermine
equivalentmembraneandbending
stresses
Consistentmethodofstress
recoveryforsolidmodels
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ThankYou!
Hari Subramaniam
Tel:+1714.918.1866
Hari.subramaniam@ansys.com
RayBrowell
Tel:+1724.514.3070
Ray.Browell@ansys.com

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