NCODE—DesignLife fatigue durability analysis software
NCODE—DesignLife fatigue durability analysis software
The test and CAE analysis tools are fully integrated in the same simple graphical working environment, realizing a truly integrated fatigue durability analysis process.
ABOUT software
DesignLife software is a new generation of CAE fatigue analysis software developed by nCode. It inherits the functional characteristics of the FE-Fatigue software that has been widely used, but in the creation of the analysis process, the definition of various parameters, the selection of materials, the connection with the finite element analysis software and the pre-processing software, and the test analysis The seamless integration and other aspects have been greatly improved, making the original complex fatigue analysis optimization process easier and more intuitive.
DesignLife is seamlessly connected with the industry’s popular CAE analysis software and front and rear processors, which can reasonably estimate the location and life of fatigue risk points. The software fully integrates test and CAE analysis tools in the same simple graphical working environment, realizing a truly integrated fatigue durability analysis process.
Fatigue analysis based on finite element results, the software is intuitive and easy to use, and supports multiple FEA output files and post-processors
Self-created and editable fatigue analysis process, supports interactive or batch processing
Process scripts can be encapsulated and encrypted, and the whole process of analysis and reporting is automated, which is convenient for forming corporate standards
Provide expert users with highly flexible custom functions, and users can program for secondary development
Share the same software platform with nCode GlyphWorks and nCode Automation to provide an integrated fatigue durability engineering platform
NCODE-DesignLife comes with a rich material library management tool (MDM), which contains standard fatigue characteristic data of up to 300 commonly used metal materials, and can edit, display and output material fatigue data;
NCODE-DesignLife provides an open database interface, allowing users to add their own database, and can easily customize and repeatedly call new material fatigue characteristic curves;
If you do not know the exact fatigue data of the material, DesignLife provides an empirical formula for estimating the fatigue performance data of the material from the ultimate tensile strength according to the type of material, and automatically generates an approximate fatigue curve
Application of DesignLife Software in Engineering
SN Fatigue Analysis of Automobile Parts Structure
Fatigue analysis of weld structure
Fatigue Analysis of Piston Gas Turbine
Wheel fatigue analysis
The main function
DesignLife software consists of at least GlyphWorks basic platform, DesignLife basic platform plus one or more fatigue solvers. The main functional modules are as follows:
GlyphWorks basic platform
- As an entry-level product option, GlyphWorks basic platform provides a basic visual user interface and operation, including load spectrum data input and output, data display, basic arithmetic operations, strain rosette analysis, spectrum analysis, filtering, automatic reporting, super Glyph, etc. .
DesignLife Base basic platform
- The DesignLife Base basic platform is a required module of the DesignLife software package. In addition to providing CAE model data import, processing, export and display results, it also includes virtual strain gauge analysis, dynamic display of result files, and multithreaded solver options. , Material fatigue database, etc.
Fatigue solver
- The DesignLife software package provides a number of standard fatigue solvers, namely:
- The Stress Life fatigue solver supports the standard SN method to calculate fatigue life, including temperature-based damage calculation.
- The strain-life (Strain Life) fatigue solver supports the local strain method for fatigue life calculation, and also provides the multi-axis EN option to be included in the WangBrown multi-axis model.
- Multi-axis (Dang Van) fatigue solver Provides Dang Van-based multi-axis analysis method for safety factor calculation.
- Spot Weld Fatigue Solver Provides the calculation function of solder joint fatigue life based on SN method.
- Seam Weld fatigue solver Provides the fatigue life calculation function of weld structure, including laser welding. Provides the option of calculating structural stress by stress, mesh node force or displacement. Supports weld modeling of solid elements.
- Vibration fatigue solver Based on the SN method, a stress-life solver is required. Vibration fatigue life calculation function defined for PSD or swept sinusoidal load spectrum.
- Thermo-Mechanical fatigue solver Provides fatigue life calculation functions under high temperature fatigue and creep fatigue and their coupling.
- Short Fibre fatigue solver Provides fatigue life calculation function for glass fiber filled composite structures.
- Adhesive Bond Fatigue Solver Provides the fatigue life calculation function of bonded joints between metal structures.
