Comparison of Fatigue Analysis Methods

[@multifat8416]

I like very much nCode for fatigue analyses! it allows performing a good fatigue assessment quickly, even with huge spectra. The only weak point I have found is the graphical post-processing: it is not user friendly at all and especially it takes enormous time to refresh big FE models: 20 or 30 minutes waiting time for an Ansys model with 3 millions nodes.

[@Ncode]

Thank you for your comments, and thank you for watching. If you reach out to our team at www.ncode.com/about/contact-us, we would love to see if there's anything we can do to assist you with your software issues.

[@multifat8416]

@@Ncode thank you very much! I use nCode almost every day for many years now for my fatigue analyses and also to post-process data signals measured in flight. I am in contact with your support. Apart from the small "graphical" inconvienences I mentioned in my first post, I find nCode a really great tool to perform robust and reliable fatigue assessments in a very short time, also on big FE models and with any kind of spectrum and loads, even with real flight data. For the graphical post-processing what I do is to export csv results form nCode and to reread it in Ansys, which is my FE work tool 😉

[@Ncode]

@@multifat8416 great to hear that you've connected with our technical support team! Thanks again for your reply, we're so pleased to hear about your positive experience using nCode GlyphWorks and look forward to providing you with the tools you need to efficiently post-process your data and run fatigue assessments on FEA results :)

[@juanjose_mx]

Nice! Do you guys have available databses for composite materials (UD, wove, short-fiber)? How does the fiber direction is imported from the FE-model to account for the different failure mechanisms while doing the life-estimation? Thanks!.

[@Ncode]

We have a Premium Materials Database that contains fatigue parameters for steels and aluminum alloys; with more recent additions that include strain-life data for additive manufacturing materials. Material testing services are also available through our lab in the UK. Feel free to reach out to us at www.ncode.com/about/contact-us so that we address your needs directly.