1. Loading Time History Management and Manipulation using PTIME:
Increase your familiarity with the time history creation and manipulation facilities in P3/FATIGUE.Durability and Fatigue Life Estimation Using MSC/PATRAN FATIGUE-PAT318
1. Loading Time History Management and Manipulation using PTIME:
Increase your familiarity with the time history creation and manipulation facilities in P3/FATIGUE.
2. Materials Data and Using the Materials Database Manager, PFMAT:
Increase your familiarity with P3/FATIGUE material data base manager. The materials database has a structure which supports all types of materials data associated with fatigue life estimation.
3. Total Life (S-N) Analysis of Keyhole Specimen:
Learn the basics of Component Normal Stress Life Analysis and use it to calculate the fatigue life for a keyhole model.
4. Total Life Analysis of a Simple Bracket:
Test your S-N Analysis knowledge with an exercise on a simple bracket model.
5. Critical Initiation Analysis of the Keyhole Specimen:
Learn the basics of Critical Initiation Analysis and use it to calculate the life to initiate a fatigue crack on a keyhole model.
6. Crack Initiation Analysis of a Plate Assembly:
Test your Crack Initiation Analysis knowledge with an exercise on a plate assembly model.
7. Fatigue Analysis of a Hinge:
Conduct a Fatigue Analysis on a hinge model.
8. Crack Growth (LEFM) Analysis of the Keyhole Specimen:
Study the crack growth behavior of the SAE keyhole model.
9. Fatigue Analysis of a LUG Assembly:
Use all three methods of Fatigue life estimation to design the lug assembly.
10. Additional Exercises: Present additional challenges to the examples listed above.