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HBK - Model nCode DesignLife - Fatigue Life Prediction and Test-CAE Correlation Software
Predict structural durability from major FEA results. nCode DesignLife is a CAE-based fatigue analysis system that contains a comprehensive set of solvers and advanced methods for predicting structural durability from major finite element analysis (FEA) result files. It identifies critical locations and calculates realistic fatigue lives for both metals and composites. Design engineers can go beyond performing simplified stress analysis and avoid under- or over-designing products by simulating actual loading conditions to avoid costly design changes.
Discover key capabilities in DesignLife for efficiently locating critical failures
Avoid over-designing and costly changes
Simulate actual loading conditions based on FEA results from leading solvers such as ANSYS, Nastran, Abaqus, Altair OptiStruct, LS-Dyna and others.
Improve consistency and quality of analysis
Intuitive, graphical interface with functions for multiaxial, welds, short-fibre composite, vibration, crack growth, thermo-mechanical fatigue and more
Increase confidence in results of simulations
Perform smarter, quicker physical tests by correlating CAE directly with physical test data in a single environment.
Achieve more accurate fatigue estimation
Reduce cost and weight by assessing more designs with material parameters derived from in-house materials testing.
Rapidly improve product designs with faster analysis
Improve simulation throughput by leveraging hardware scalability with multi-threaded and distributed processing capabilities for processing large finite element models.
Improve and optimize the durability of composite components
Understand performance of new materials with composite-focused modules capable of modeling structural performance and possible failure modes, including fatigue.