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News Release from: Safe Technology | Subject: fe-safe v.5
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 August 2003
New capabilities for fatigue analysis
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The latest version of the fe-safe suite of fatigue analysis software for finite element models offers a substantial increase in speed of analysis as well as incorporating extended capabilities.
The latest version of the fe-safe suite of fatigue analysis software for finite element models offers a substantial increase in speed of analysis as well as incorporating extended capabilities, new optional modules and unique state-of-the-art features High temperature, time-dependent fatigue phenomena can now be modelled in fe-safe v.5 using the new thermomechanical creep fatigue module, fe-safe/TMF
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 13 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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This incorporates a number of effects including stress relaxation, strain ageing, cycle strain rate and variation in damage due to out of phase stress and temperature cycles.
fe-safe/TMF is ideal for the analysis of components in a sustained high temperature environment and complements the unique high-temperature fatigue analysis capability already developed in fe-safe.
A new optional module for the specialist user is fe-safe/rotate.
Fatigue analysis of cyclically symmetrical parts from a single FEA result can be obtained quickly and easily using fe-safe/rotate by taking advantage of their axial symmetry, ideal for the quick analysis of components such as wheels, bearings and clutches.
Default fatigue analysis algorithms are a unique new feature.
fe-safe v5 will automatically select the most appropriate method of fatigue analysis based on the selected material.
The user simply selects the material to be analysed and fe-safe will automatically set the most appropriate fatigue algorithm as default, ensuring that even non-specialist users can use fe-safe with confidence.
The new version of fe-safe will also incorporate Safe Technology's powerful signal processing software, safe4fatigue, as a no-cost addition.
The safe4fatigue functionality includes graphics display, signal preparation, digital filters, amplitude and frequency domain analysis and fatigue analysis from strain gauges and other measured load data.
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