ncodeuk,
Our physical testing method has been in place for 25 years and is unconventional by today's standards. A few years ago there was an attempt to transition to BS7608 and I believe we were able to correlate strain pretty well with physical test measurements. This would be with the gage...
ncodeuk,
Thanks for the reply. It helped verify a response I received from a fatigue software engineer.
I'm guessing by your name that you might work for nCode. One of the packages I am looking at is Design Life with the Seam Weld module.
The problem I am seeing down the road is that I am...
I am a FE analyst and have been researching fatigue software packages to add to our capabilities. It seems that when evaluating welds, the Stress Life method is always used, even if it is a low cycle life situation. I have also come across an article that states that the Strain Life method is...
I am working on a FEA model of a steel structure under a high impact load. Several areas of the structure undergoes plastic deformation. I am getting good correlation with physical test with one exception. Material around a punched hole is just beginning to yield in the FEA model but has...
